Quotes About Maturity

What could be more beautiful than a dear old lady growing wise with age? Every age can be enchanting, provided you live within it.

It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.

I'm more straightforward, and I speak up more than I did before. When I was younger, I wouldn't speak up as much, but now that I'm a mom, things have changed.

Don't treat me like a little girl

At the time, I thought this was just one of those vague things adults say to remind you that you're a kid who doesn't know what adults know. But it seemed now it was one of those specific things adults say to remind you that you're a kid who doesn't know what adults know.

Growing up can really suck, he thought. And bad things sure as shit do happen to good people and for the most part the world just doesn't give a crap.

Here is the answer to the letter I received from our dear sister in the Lord; please give it to her. She seems so full of good will, but she wants to go faster than grace allows. It is not possible to become spiritually mature all at once.

When young children hear fewer words, they can still learn to speak—they'll just be less fluent. In the same way, when children have fewer relational interactions, they'll still develop social capabilities—they'll just be less mature, more self-centered, more self-absorbed.

As a young person I was taught that becoming a Christian meant that I had arrived. But trusting Christ as Savior is only the beginning of a lifelong process of spiritual transformation and training in discipleship. We begin the journey as spiritual infants, but God intends that we advance to spiritual adulthood.

We see many people loving with an immature love: Love equals doing something to somebody or for somebody; Love equals taking care of someone; Love equals achieving; Love equals always being in control; Love equals 'never having to say you're sorry;' Love equals always being strong; Love equals being nice.

Gustavo Solivellas dice: "El amor es como la amistad prendida en fuego. Al principio, una llama, muy bonita, a menudo caliente y feroz, pero ligera y a veces parpadea. A medida que el amor crece, nuestros corazones maduran y nuestro amor se convierte en brasas, ardientes e insaciables" (Bruce Lee)

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

The great challenge of adulthood is holding on to your idealism after you lose your innocence.

Mister, I ain't a boy, no I'm a man, and i believe in a promised land.

The older you get, the more it means.

Only in adulthood can any intelligent understanding of the meaning of one's existence in this world be gained from one's experiences in it.

My ideal goal is to "mature" into childhood. That would be genuine maturity.

The reality of the ordinary progress of Christian understanding should not escape our notice: early believers "know no answers"; immature believers "know all the answers"; and mature believers "know the limits of our answers.

Scott: I don't think I'm ready to be a grown-up. Kim: I don't think you are either, buddy. But hey, you'll get it. It just takes practice.

Adult life is terrible, Hazel. Never grow up. Everything's complicated, and there are too many rules ...

We never really grow up, we only learn how to act in public.

There is a lot of learning I have to do and a lot of growing up I have to do.

When you're twenty-two and you pass out at a friend's house, it's totally normal. When you do it at forty-two, you're never invited back.

Old age ... is slower than a grenade, but a lot more thorough.