Quotes about Maturity

A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and in all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably with the circumstances of life, knowing that in this world no one is all knowing and therefore all of us need both love and charity.

Those who have matured spiritually, now put service to others at the center of their quest and of their lives.

This life and this job and this position that I'm put in, it forces you to grow up quick. I definitely got dropped in the deep end.

The people I grew up around who I really liked were quick on the draw. It always just wowed me. And my mum would make weird funny comments. I can see in myself her self-deprecating, hippie humour. I can't take myself too seriously.

I'm happy with getting older and getting more focused. I thought I was focused when I was young, but you're only as focused as experience will allow you to be.

What might seem like a good idea to somebody at 21 is probably not going to seem like a good idea at 50, but you don't know that until you get there.

The fact is that not only do people get more wise and more conservative as they get older, they get more kind and more generous, too.

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

Stupidity is expecting figs in winter, or children in old age.

You have grown beyond supposing such actions to be either good or bad, and therefore it will be so much the easier to be tolerant of another's blindness.

The best kind of revenge is, not to become like unto them.

We shouldn't have been so scornful; we should have had compassion. But compassion takes work, and we were young.