Quotes About Maturity

Being mature isn't what it's cracked up to be.

The road to adulthood is filled with contradictions, and I was still young enough to half believe the lies with which that road is paved.

Everyone thinks you make mistakes when you're young. But I don't think we make any fewer when we're grown up.

Some lessons can't be taught, they simply have to be learned.

Kids think with their brains cracked wide open; becoming an adult, I've decided, is only a slow sewing shut.

I don't know. But I do know that I'm at the stage of my life where I want forever , not right now . I know that the first person I kissed won't be nearly as important as the last person I kiss. And I also know better than to dream about things that can't happen.

No one ever asks a kid for her opinion, but it seems to me that growing up means you stop hoping for the best, and start expecting the worst.

Maybe growing up is just focusing on what you've got, instead of what you don't.

Cara: I used to believe everything my brother told me, because he was older and I figured he knew more about the world. But as it turns out, being a grown-up doesn't mean you're fearless. It just means you fear different things.

Part of growing up was learning not to be quite that honest - learning when it was better to lie, rather than to hurt someone with the truth.

But here's the truth: no matter how much you might wish for it, princes don't come around every day, and happy endings don't grow on trees. Take it from me: the sooner you grow up, the less you'll be disappointed.

Only cooked time tastes well

Experience is the one thing you have plenty of when you're too old to get the job.

I want a house that has gotten over all its troubles I don't want to spend the rest of my life bringing up a young and inexperienced house.

Everybody's a work in progress. I'm a work in progress. I mean, I've never arrived... I'm still learning all the time.

Just before my 16th birthday, Natalie Dormer said to me, 'As soon as you turn 16, you're going to work adult hours. People will try take advantage of you, so it's important not to be a pushover.'

Don't rush away from something just because it's uncomfortable. Grow in it and through it.

The richest love is that which submits to the arbitration of time.

Gosh how time flies. You are all grown up now and beginning a new chapter in your life. May it be filled with love, dedication and happiness.

Being able to move on from someone dear to you in life is a true test of a person's maturity level, and a true test of the confidence that they have within themselves.

It is sad that because I'm not out messing up at my age but instead achieving goals I lose "friendship".. wow really?

Always remember with freedom to take decisions comes the responsibility to take the right ones. Happy 18th Birthday and welcome to adulthood!

Teenage is very difficult age. It is a time when people expect you to act like an adult, but at the same time when you open your mouth to participate in adult discussions, they ask you to shut up. Well, when you're 18 my friend, you can go on talking even if they ask you not to. Happy 18th Birthday!

Welcome to the world of freedom. However, make sure that you use your freedom wisely. For now only you will be accountable for the decisions you take. Happy 18th Birthday. Have a blast!