Quotes About Maturity

An individual step in character training is to put responsibility on the individual.

Whoever passes forty without his virtue overpowering his vice, let him get ready for hellfire. This advice contains enough for people of knowledge.

I am not going to respect... gray hairs unless there is wisdom beneath them.

With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.

The wiser a man is, the less talkative will he be.

Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.

Seek to learn constantly while you live; do not wait in the faith that old age by itself will bring wisdom.

Like a twisted olive tree in its 500th year, giving then its finest fruit, is man. How can he give forth wisdom until he has been crushed and turned in the Hand of God.

It is a mistake to regard age as a downhill grade toward dissolution. The reverse is true. As one grows older, one climbs with surprising strides.

Silence is the maturation of wisdom.

Years teach us more than books.

Skills come with age, but wisdom, I doubt it very, very much.

The wise have a solid sense of silence and the ability to keep a storehouse of secrets. Their capacity and character are respected.

Never complain, never explain. Resist the temptation to defend yourself or make excuses.

Wisdom.... comes not from age, but from education and learning.

Music is forever; music should grow and mature with you, following you right on up until you die.

You can practice to attain knowledge, but you can't practice to attain wisdom.

Experiences are the seeds out of which wisdom grows.

Wisdom is in yourself, just like a sweet ripe mango is already in a young green one.

Wisdom is the daughter of experience

What makes Superman a hero is not that he has power, but that he has the wisdom and the maturity to use the power wisely. From an acting point of view, that's how I approached the part.

A man must become wise at his own expense.

Personally I like ageing. With age comes wisdom and I have said it before and I say it again, I will take wisdom over youth any day.