Quotes About Maturity

Aging gracefully - A that is rejected in 40s, but gracefully accepted in 50s...

We think we understand the rules when we become adults but what we really experience is a narrowing of the imagination.

Maturity comes in three stages: dependence, independence and interdependence

The essence of independence is to be able to do something for one's self.

Adolescence is the period of the decisive last battle fought before maturity. The ego must achieve independence, the old emotional ties must be cast off, the new ones created.

Mature people relate to each other without the need to merge.

I like to be able to do things on my own. I'm a big boy. I can drive myself to an appearance or get on a plane. I like a little bit of independence...

Was I the only woman in the world who, at my age - and after a lifetime of quite rampant independence - still did not quite feel grown up?

Develop your soul into independence!

Education begins the gentleman, but reading, good company, and reflection must finish him.

The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.

To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.

The day the child realizes that all adults are imperfect, he becomes an adolescent; the day he forgives them, he becomes an adult; the day he forgives himself, he becomes wise.

All grown-ups were once children... but only few of them remember it.

Age is no guarantee of maturity.

To be mature means to face, and not evade, every fresh crisis that comes

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well.

You grow up the day you have the first real laugh at yourself.

You cannot be a Big person with a Small heart

The immature mind hops from one thing to another; the mature mind seeks to follow through.

For me, there are two types of people: the young and the experienced.

A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.

There is nothing more beautiful in this world than a healthy, wise old man.

A photographer is like a cod, which produces a million eggs in order that one may reach maturity.