Quotes about Maturity
Would I rather live a life of comfort and remain immature in Christ, or am I willing to be seasoned with suffering if by doing so I am conformed to the image of Christ?
- Gary Thomas
Getting married won't make you happy or an adult; getting married simply makes you … married.
- Gary Thomas
A Christian is never dependent on the response of others to grow spiritually. It's our own heart's decisions that matter.
- Gary Thomas
The desire for ease, comfort, and stress-free living is an indirect desire to remain an "unseasoned," immature Christian. Struggle makes us stronger; it builds us up and deepens our faith.
- Gary Thomas
Giving respect is an obligation, not a favor; it is an act of maturity, birthed in a profound understanding of God's good grace.
- Gary Thomas
Christianity does not direct us to focus on finding the right person; it calls us to become the right person.
- Gary Thomas
In case you've never thought about it, a woman's body changes much more rapidly than her character does.
- Gary Thomas
Here is the answer to the letter I received from our dear sister in the Lord; please give it to her. She seems so full of good will, but she wants to go faster than grace allows. It is not possible to become spiritually mature all at once.
- Brother Lawrence
A quick temper will make a fool of you soon enough.
- Bruce Lee
When I was younger, I wouldn't speak up as much, but now that I'm a mom, things have changed.
- Britney Spears
No one gets away with anything, ever, so take responsibility for your own life.
- Jordan Peterson
How often I have found that we grow to maturity not by doing what we like, but by doing what we should. How true it is that not every 'should' is a compulsion, and not every 'like' is a high morality and true freedom.
- Karl Rahner