Quotes about Maturity
Older men are to be temperate, dignified, self-controlled, and sound in faith, love, and perseverance.
- Titus 2:2
In the same way, urge the younger men to be self-controlled.
- Titus 2:6
Although by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to reteach you the basic principles of God’s word. You need milk, not solid food!
- Hebrews 5:12
For everyone who lives on milk is still an infant, inexperienced in the message of righteousness.
- Hebrews 5:13
But solid food is for the mature, who by constant use have trained their senses to distinguish good from evil.
- Hebrews 5:14
Therefore let us leave the elementary teachings about Christ and go on to maturity, not laying again the foundation of repentance from dead works, and of faith in God,
- Hebrews 6:1
Allow perseverance to finish its work, so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything.
- James 1:4
We all stumble in many ways. If anyone is never at fault in what he says, he is a perfect man, able to control his whole body.
- James 3:2
Like newborn babies, crave pure spiritual milk, so that by it you may grow up in your salvation,
- 1 Peter 2:2
Partly because teenagers are still half children, and many children are just intrinsically cruel.
- Paul Graham
the reward of our work is not what we get, but what we become
- Paulo Coelho
Give no answer to contentious arguments or irresponsible accusations. Let such things "fly out open windows" until they spend themselves.
- Stephen Covey