Quotes about Maturity

You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.

We thought we were running away from the grown-ups, and now we're the grown-ups.

We old folks have to find our cushions and pillows in our tankards. Strong beer is the milk of the old.

The best way to progress is the path of freedom.

There is no situation under the sun in which your ability to respond can be taken away from you. You may not control your circumstances, but you control your reactions to them. And that is what sets the men apart from the boys!

We tend to view the goal as the goal, but in God's economy, the process is the goal. It's not about what we're doing at all; it's about who we're becoming in the process.

Spontaneity is an underappreciated dimension of spirituality. In fact, spiritual maturity has less to do with long-range visions than it does with moment-by-moment sensitivity to the promptings of the Holy Spirit. And it is our moment-by-moment sensitivity to the Holy Spirit that turns life into an everyday adventure.

Love seems the swiftest, but it is the slowest of growths. No man or woman really knows what perfect love is until they have been married a quarter of a century.

School is where you go between when your parents can't take you and industry can't take you.

Allow me to put the record straight. I am forty-six and have been for some years past.

Old age hath yet his honour and his toil.

In the university of God, however brilliant you may be, you will not be given double promotion. You must take every course, because each course serves a purpose.