Quotes about Maturity

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.

He's a young man, my own age or a little older, which is young for a man although not for a woman

Physical maturity is bound to time. Spiritual maturity is bound to obedience.

But I won't bore you any longer on the subject of old men. It won't make things any better and all my plans of revenge (such as disconnecting the lamp, shutting the door, hiding his clothes) must be abandoned in order to keep the peace. Oh, I'm becoming so sensible! ...

Deep down I know I could never be that innocent again, however much I'd like to be.

Every child has to raise itself.' Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction.

Why do grownups quarrel so easily, so much, and over the most idiotic things? Up till now I thought that only children squabbled and that wore off as you grew up.

Every child has to raise itself." Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction. Ultimately, people shape their own characters.

I've gained some insight into human nature since I came here, which is good, but I've had enough for the present.

Forgiveness, I know now, is maturity. Mercy is maturity. It's slow release, like certain medicines. It's incremental, like traveling along the spiral chambers of a nautilus.

We all know we're going to die; what's important is the kind of men and women we are in the face of this.

They taught me that maturity was the ability to live with unresolved problems.