Quotes about Maturity

God gave us our children so we could prepare them to become adults.

God knew that children grow and mature best in a stable, loving family, and this was one reason He gave marriage to us.

We can never live this [Christian] life on the highest plane unless we are continually growing and moving forward. You should be closer to God today in heart, soul, and body than at any other time so far in your life.

Our lives are to be characterized by patience, for it is important in developing the mature, stable character which God wants to produce in His people.

Tragic as it is when a child fails to develop physically or mentally, even more tragic is a Christian who fails to develop spiritually.

Marriage is the most serious long-term contract a couple will make in their lifetime, but many enter into it with a lack of maturity and knowledge. The growing number of divorces shows how imperative it is that young people be adequately prepared for marriage.

In earlier periods of history, adolescence was virtually unknown... Today, the span between childhood and adulthood may extend over ten years. Deferred adulthood is synonymous with deferred responsibility.

A baby isn't meant to stay a baby forever, and neither is a new Christian.

The goal of a child's life is maturity—and the goal of a Christian's life is spiritual maturity.

Ask [God] to help you reflect Christ as you grow older, instead of turning sour or grumpy.

I wept more in Korea than in all the past several years put together. These experiences changed my life. I could never be quite the same again... I felt sadder, older. I felt as though I had gone in a boy and come out a man.

The church is a storehouse of spiritual food whereby the inner man is fed, nourished, and developed into maturity. If it fails, it is not fulfilling its purpose as a church.