Quotes About Maturity

Character develops itself in the stream of life.

He's been the greatest father for me. Going around the streets of Chicago with my dad, people always tell me they can't believe how much my dad has matured. Or, 'You wouldn't believe how your dad used to be.' There's always lots of words about how much he's changed.

Of course, experience strengthens one later.

As you mature as a woman, you relate to songs differently. You've experienced more things. If I had a choice to have or have not had the tough stuff happen, well, I don't wish for that for anybody, to strengthen them or make them a better person.

When you get to be a 45-year-old man, you start to realize: 'I know who I am, and I know who I'm not. I know my shortcomings, I know my strengths; maybe some of my shortcomings are my strengths.' You start to face yourself as you truly are.

I was actually not some sort of a child prodigy by any stretch.

Just as the blurring between childhood and adulthood has produced the kidult, so the stretching of middle into old age has fostered another peculiar chimera: septuagenarians with apoptosis sporting the depeche mode.

Once you get over that peak of puberty, you hit a nice stride.

Bad things written about me do bother me and affect me, but then I have learnt to take it in my stride. I have also learnt to keep quiet about certain things.

I'll handle living on my own. You've got to learn somehow. I'll take it all in my stride like I do everything else.

I kind of knew it wasn't going to be until my 30s that I really hit my stride as an actor.

Actors don't really get into their stride until they're in their late 30s and 40s.

They say you hit your stride as a writer at about 50. I'm hoping to do that.

I came into my own, you might say, in terms of putting out my first record quite late in life. And yet there's some authors and photographers and even probably recording artists that didn't really hit their stride until their mid-50s.

Take the high road. No matter how much strife, and consternation, frustration and anger you might be confronted with - don't go to that level.

I think, as I get older, I appreciate how great 'Empire Strikes Back is.' You know, because you realize, man, that is a dark movie and it ends on such a dark note.

I've earned my stripes; I don't need to prove myself to anyone.

As we become more spiritually mature and increasingly steadfast and immovable, we focus upon and strive to understand the fundamental and foundational doctrines of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ.

Just as dressing well in your forties entails making choices that reflect who you are and not just wearing generic basics, looking good as you get older requires accentuating and enjoying what's specific to you rather than striving for cookie-cutter perfection.

My whole premise has been, right from the beginning, that it would take me a lifetime to learn to explain myself as an artist. As you grow older, you learn what to do and what to leave out. You kind of simplify your work and get the same thing done with fewer strokes. It's pretty interesting to me.

A strong sense of humor, a really awesome personality, and maturity is also really important in a boyfriend. I tend to only be attracted to older guys for that reason. I just love guys who have a really strong sense of who they are.

My son is 7 years old. I am 54. It has taken me a great many years to reach that age. I am more respected in the community, I am stronger, I am more intelligent and I think I am better than he is. I don't want to be a pal, I want to be a father.

Things are old. Parts are old. I'm talking about 'us' parts. AARP-parts. Some of us were born with stronger parts than others.

I feel like I've changed a lot since the London Games. I was really young, and it was my first year on the international stage. I've matured physically since then, and I've become stronger, and because of that, I've gained a lot of confidence.