Quotes about Maturity

An infant is born with a clenched fist; a man dies with an open hand. Life has a way of prying free the things we think are so important.

growth compounds and accelerates if you remain intentional about it.

A person who cannot sacrifice will never belong to himself; he belongs to whatever he was unwilling to give up. If you want to develop maturity and gain the value of learning, you need to learn to give up some things today for greater gains tomorrow.

Leadership is developed, not discovered. It's a process.

Maturity is the ability to see and act on behalf of others.

It's been said that great people talk about ideas, average people talk about themselves, and small people talk about others. That's what gossip does. It makes people small. There really is no upside to gossip. It diminishes the person being talked about. It diminishes the person who is saying unkind things about others, and it even diminishes the listener. That's why you should avoid not only spreading gossip but also being a recipient of it.

Maturity doesn't come with age. It begins with the acceptance of responsibility.

I'm not mad when people talk bad about me; that's the way it is.

Freedom is a school of responsibility for human beings.

The riper he is for glory, the more, like the ripe corn, he hangs down his head. The brighter and clearer is his light, the more he sees of the shortcomings and infirmities of his own heart. When first converted, he would tell you he saw but little of them compared to what he sees now.

Smooth seas don't produce skillful sailors.

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.