Quotes About Maturity

Children who have been in work for a long time suddenly get a thud down to earth once the cuteness fades, hips widen, voices drop and jawlines strengthen.

Powerful people do not try to control other people. They know it doesn't work, and that it's not their job. Their job is to control themselves.

I lived a very isolated life. When you start at 20, you have a lot of nonsense to work out of your system.

When we're growing up there are all sorts of people telling us what to do when really what we need is space to work out who to be.

If you treat a sick child as an adult and a sick adult as a child, it usually works out pretty well.

A man loses his illusions first, his teeth second, and his follies last.

Only practical work and experience lead the young to maturity.

The important thing is that all stages from adolescent to mature man, work is done to spread the sporting spirit.

I had a job since I was old enough to work - since I was, like, 14.

Problems patiently endured will work for our spiritual perfecting.

A boy, by the age of 3 years, senses that his destiny is to be a man, so he watches his father particularly-his interests, manner, speech, pleasures, his attitude toward work.

The movement toward gratitude, authenticity, and union is the natural and organic inner work of the second half of our lives.

It is difficult for the isolated individual to work himself out of the immaturity which has become almost natural for him.

I made a mistake and I'll work in the season to be better. It's part of life to be a man and don't try to hide something if it's broken.

Whether it was work, marriage, or family, I've always been a late bloomer.

When I was a young student, I thought grow-ups would come and make things work. Now I realize that grown-ups are just kids with wrinkles.

My first two books are out of print and, okay, they can sleep there comfortably. It's early work, derivative work.

Character, not passion keeps marriages together long enough to do their work of raising children into mature, responsible, productive citizens.

I think some people in their 20s really get it, that acting is about creativity and the work. They get their maturity from their work.

The world gets very small after a while, if you stick around long enough.

Fifty is the new forty. I always thought my best work would come in the years forty to sixty, if I was fortunate enough to hang around - and it is hard to stick around.

It comes with experience and learning and knowing the game. It's not necessarily about sticking your chest out and saying, 'I'm tough.'

Certain characters are sticky, especially if they help you grow up as a person, I think.

Everyone has to make their own decisions. I still believe in that. You just have to be able to accept the consequences without complaining.