Quotes About Maturity

Sometimes...it seems as though not a moment has moved, but then you look up and you're already old or you already have a household of kids or you look down and see your feet are miles and miles away from the rest of you—and you realize you've grown up.

Astfel, omul r?mâne, în acela?i timp, un redutabil animal de prad? ?i un ucenic vr?jitor genial, dar... foarte infantil. ?i totu?i, în el trebuie s? sper?m atâta timp cât putem s? sper?m, ?i el trebuie s? cear? încrederea semenilor s?i.

Procesul de maturizare, care ar trebui s?-l conduc? pe fiecare mai aproape de el însu?i, trece prin eliberarea progresiv? de nevoia de a fi iubit ?i aprobat. ?i mai ales de nevoia de a fi iubit pentru ceva ce nu e?ti.

Reac?iile noastre sunt determinate mai mult de interpretarea pe care o d?m evenimentelor decât de evenimentele în sine. S? vezi prin ochii altuia (privirea unei ter?e persoane este uneori util?), s? accep?i s?-?i repui în discu?ie convingerile este singura posibilitate de a avansa, de a evolua, de a te maturiza, de a cre?te.

Only children entertain the fantasy that adults know how and why everything works. Being an adult is accepting the not knowing.

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.

I feel as I were disintegrating and "growing up", whatever that means, simultaneously.

It was 1965, and he felt he had already lived a hundred years.

She patted Teresita on the head. She was five years older when she rose than when she'd sat down.

Age is something that doesn't matter unless you're a cheese

Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese

Age is something that doesn't matter, unless you are a cheese.

If age teaches you anything, then one of its lessons is certainly not to hurry if you're already late.

qualcosa che si impara con l'età, la capacità di non affrettarsi quando si è già comunque in ritardo...

Love for God is never instant. It has to grow and mature just like any other kind of love. The struggle is always with our will.

Just think of all the confidence we start out with, all the certainty. And then we embark and we fail, much to our surprise. And then we fail something else, and gradually the surprise dwindles and soon we are surprised by nothing and thus are made adults.

What I'm saying is, a lot of boys don't bother growing into men, because they don't have to--their bodies have already done it and it turns out that's all anybody requires.

Over the last few years, my comfort level with how I look has improved. My age has helped. You get used to yourself and accept yourself.

Time is not the great teacher. Experience is. A man may live a whole life, but if he never leaves his home to experience that life, he dies knowing nothing. A mere child who has suffered and lived can be the wiser of the two.

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. (James 1:2–4)

No matter how saved, sanctified, mature, and free we are, there are misalignments embedded in our souls.

I have to remember that giving honor reveals more about my character than the character of the other person.

It's not bad that I'm vulnerable, but am I displaying a mature form of my vulnerability?

Breaking up the unplowed ground of your heart will make it ready for new life, new growth, new maturity in you.