Quotes About Maturity

That's how boys are. They never grow up. They grow down.

Grave was the man in years, in looks, in word, his locks were grey, yet was his courage green.

That's the worst thing about grownups, I think – they can never admit that just once in their lives they've acted wrongly or irresponsibly. They're so quick to judge others, but they never hold Judgement Day for themselves.

Wise as she was, she realized that people can postpone their rebellious phases until they're eighty-five years old, and she decided to keep an eye on herself.

You're too small to be told everything.

I've lived quite a long time, which is to say I've been working for quite a long time, which is the same thing. - An Eightieth Birthday

I do believe in God. I think God has given so much power to people, and intelligence, and said, 'Well, you are on your own. Maybe I'm tired, I need a nap. You are mature. Why don't you look after yourselves?' And I think He's been sleeping too much.

I'm sick of the whole notion of the enduring female. GROW UP! 'Cause while you're going through your fifth puberty, the world is falling apart and I can't handle it! (Barbara Weston)

My mom died when I was 16. I had a rough childhood, you know what I mean, but it made me strong.

Intelligence is your ability to learn, and it's the same at age 15 as it is at age 50.

He said that he doesn't believe we become different people as we age. No, he says he believes that we become more people. We're still the kids we were, but we're also the people who've lived all the different ages since that time.

He said he doesn't believe we become different people as we age. No, he says he believes we become more people. We're still the kids we were, but we're also the people who've lived all the different ages since that time. A whole bunch of different people rolled up into one - that's how Nicholas sees it.

But Mama taught me that a girl's good looks soon fade, while what's in her heart just keeps getting more beautiful.

Maturity is understanding that not all response requires your time and energy. Learn to protect your peace, some are better off with your silence.

If every day is first day of your life, maybe you are being perpetually infantile.

Sowing discord among our Men & Women over individual philosophical perceptions, religious or otherwise, will not be tolerated within my ranks. Grow up or vacate.

As you get older, you're always maturing, you're always learning something new about yourself.

It was a face beyond childhood, yet this side of belonging to a woman. I thought her anywhere between sixteen and thirty; as it turned out, she was shy two months of her nineteenth birthday.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow so.

Age does not depend upon years, but upon temperament and health. Some men are born old, and some never grow up.

Personal growth might not be so bad after all, I decided.

I don't discuss 'issues' with anyone. And it's a vile, infantile word, you'd be wise to eliminate it from your slim vocabulary.

Harry's voice had matured like old port wine, it was deep and rich and liquid.

But when a man puts on maturity and invulnerability, it seems that he necessarily becomes indifferent to many things that gave him joy.