Quotes About Maturity

It's only at this age that I can say the word 'art' without flinching.

I was young, still so young, that I thought my lack of wholeness was somehow my fault. I had no idea everyone feels this way—that the most essential part of growing up is figuring out where your empty places are and learning how to fill them by, and for, yourself.

I had no idea everyone feels this way—that the most essential part of growing up is figuring out where your empty places are and learning how to fill them by, and for, yourself.

The boy was growing bored and this was a form of growing up.

That's the problem with men my age, I'm somehow older than them.

People naturally change a lot during their 20s, so my songs reflect that progression.

Azi ÅŸtiu c? a fi matur, a fi om întreg, nu înseamn? altceva decât a înÅ£elege c? eÅŸti r?u, fundamental ÅŸi dincolo de orice altceva.

Îmi plac mult de tot femeile mature, cele ce par mereu atât de grave, de intangibile, atât de încrustate în tiparele propriei vieÅ£i ÅŸi care totuÅŸi, când se hot?r?sc s? se elibereze de ele, devin cele mai dulci ÅŸi mai senzuale iubite cu putin??.

Age iswisdom, if one has lived one's life properly.

The difference between children and adults is that they're shorter - not dumber.

The young must not scoff at the old, for flowers don't bloom forever

Creí que lo habrías olvidado. -Imposible-dije-. De los cincuenta en adelante, uno no tiene memoria para las cosas recientes, pero las del pasado las recuerda cada vez mejor. -A mí también me pasa-dijo ella-. Hasta sueño con las cosas de entonces.

Every year, you lose a bit of potential.

A man who views the world the same at fifty as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of life.

Ah, there are no longer any children!

The trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

Trees that are slow to grow bear the best fruit.

The thing about getting older is that you don't need everything to be possible any more, you just need things to be certain.

However, now she was a schoolgirl no longer. She had discovered how to manage her hair, had been to one or two parties and a night club, and laid on lipstick with the idea that each layer was a layer of sophistication.

I thought I was old, back then. I thought I was grown up. I didn't know all my big mistakes were up ahead of me, still to come. Always

The day Travis met Lu he was in his best suit—dark blue, pinstripes, a necktie. Women his age would see right through his sweat and pretense. Any woman his age, she'd say, "What, you work at Men's Warehouse now?" Yeah, a woman would know a cheap suit was like an easy costume, but the girls didn't catch on.

I speak the truth, not so much as I would, but as much as I dare; and I dare a little more as I grow older.

A boy can be two, three, four potential people, but a man is only one. He murders the others.

Life is growth. If we stop growing, technically and spiritually, we are as good as dead.