Quotes about Maturity
More than by upper-class señoritas, with their long legs and blond manes, I've been impressed by the women of the people: mature, strong, hard-working, earthy.
— Isabel Allende
Exert some independence; you're not a little girl. You can't let anyone else decide things for you. You have to take care of yourself in this world," she said.
— Isabel Allende
Irina could not imagine the courage it took to grow old without becoming too frightened; her knowledge of age
— Isabel Allende
Wrinkles - the service stripes of life.
— Anonymous
Middle age is when you have a choice of two temptations and choose the one that will get you home earlier.
— Anonymous
You lose it if you talk about it.
— Ernest Hemingway
No great thing is created suddenly, any more than a bunch of grapes or a fig. If you tell me that you desire a fig, I answer you that there must be time. Let it first blossom, then bear fruit, then ripen.
— Epictetus
When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed.
— John Wesley
The hoary beard is a crown of glory if it be found in the way of righteousness.
— Anonymous
Obviously, when you're in your early twenties, you don't think about your decisions and their long term effects.
— Greg Sestero
My songwriting has evolved, just as I've evolved as a person.
— John Oates
Train yourself to think of and to look upon the world as a something which is Becoming, which is growing; and to regard seeming evil as being only that which is undeveloped.
— Napoleon Hill