Quotes about Maturity
Grow up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another.
- F Scott Fitzgerald
It is unjust to claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of childhood.
- Samuel Johnson
At thirty a man should know himself like the palm of his hand, know the exact number of his defects and qualities. ... And above all, accept these things.
- Albert Camus
But he cannot see a connection between the end of yearning and the end of poetry. Is that what growing up amounts to: growing out of yearning, of passion, of all intensities of the soul?
- JM Coetzee
Technically he is old enough to be her father; but then, technically one can be a father at twelve.
- JM Coetzee
Sunscreen, in the world of beauty, is the ultimate in adulting.
- Emily Weiss
With age comes wisdom, but sometimes age comes alone.
- Oscar Wilde
We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.
- Henry Ward Beecher
Don't wish it was easier wish you were better. Don't wish for less problems wish for more skills. Don't wish for less challenge wish for more wisdom
- Jim Rohn
Maturity is a compound of wisdom, goodwill, resilience, and creativity.
- JI Packer
We do not want to be beginners. But let us be convinced of the fact that we will never be anything else but beginners, all our life!
- Thomas Merton
In societies where mature workers are respected and where their wisdom is respected, everybody benefits. Workers are more engaged and productive. Their health is better. They live longer.
- Deepak Chopra