Quotes About Maturity

There comes a point in a man's life when he has to take control of things. Otherwise, things will just keep controlling him.

The answer can't be found in books - or be solved by bringing it to other people. Not unless you want to remain a child all your life. You've got to find the answer inside you - feel the right thing to do. Charlie, you've got to learn to trust yourself

When you mature intellectually we may not be able to communicate. When you mature emotionally you may not even want me.

The more intelligent you become the more problems you'll have, Charlie. Your intellectual growth is going to outstrip your emotional growth.

So even if I'm getting intelligent and learning a lot of new things, he thinks I'm still a boy about women. It's confusing, but I'm going to find out all about my life.

Charlie, you amaze me. In some ways you're so advanced, and yet when it comes to making a decision, you're still a child. I can't decide for you, Charlie. The answer can't be found in books—or be solved by bringing it to other people. Not unless you want to remain a child all your life. You've got to find the answer inside you—feel the right thing to do. Charlie, you've got to learn to trust yourself.

Quanto mais inteligente você se tornar, mais problemas você terá, Charlie. Seu crescimento intelectual vai ultrapassar seu crescimento emocional.

Charlie, don't push me. I don't know. Already, you've gone beyond my intellectual reach. In a few months or even weeks, you'll be a different person. When you mature intellectually, we may not be able to communicate. When you mature emotionally, you may not even want me. I've got to think of myself too, Charlie. Let's wait and see. Be patient.

Human beings thrive when they are growing and developing and this requires discipline. Discipline and accountability keep us alive.

If we have the good fortune to be allergic to submission, to forms, to dogmas, to beliefs, to infallibility, to the idea of forming an artificial family isolated from society, and if we desire above all to live life deeply, perfectly integrated in society, then Tantra has something marvelous to offer to us. But Tantra requires a maturity, an independence, and a willingness not to conform.

From dancing in the rain to crying silently in the rain we all grew up…

Responsibility educates.

When your maturity is derived from circumstantial factors other than faith, your level of maturity would continue to fluctuate rather than being stable. This is why I am enabled to maintain a balance and stable approach to the challenges that come my way every day. I am not moved by what people say or do concerning my relationship with God.

"A clever girl may pass through the phase of foolish miss on the way to sensible woman."

Love is a that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own… Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.

I've been in different countries, and a girl will come up and say, 'I love you. We are going to get married someday!' And I'm like, 'You're 11!'

There are three characteristics of wisdom: knowledge, experience, and patience.

I'm still learning.

Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own… Jealousy is a disease, love is a healthy condition. The immature mind often mistakes one for the other, or assumes that the greater the love, the greater the jealousy.

People should not judge failed love affairs as failed experiences, but as part of the growth process. Something does not have to end well for it to have been one of the most valuable experiences of a lifetime.

To a mother, a son is never a fully grown man; and a son is never a fully grown man until he understands and accepts this about his mother.

Immature strategy is the cause of grief.

I see teenagers or people who are 21 and think, 'I was an idiot at that age.' I was running around New York like a crazy woman. Thank God I only had three and a half cents to my name. I was too immature to handle success then.

I thank God I didn't become successful until I was older.