Quotes about Maturity

When I was doing 'This Boy's Life' I wanted to be as old as Robert DeNiro and as experienced as him and have the same respect as he did in that movie.

What a mistake to suppose that the passions are strongest in youth. The passions are not stronger, but the control over them is weaker. They are more easily excited; they are more violent and apparent, but they have less energy, less durability, less intense and concentrated power than in mature life.

Immaturity isn't something to aspire to, but childlike faith is a valuable commodity in God's Kingdom.

Responsibility means not blaming anyone or anything for your situation, including yourself.

Every child needs as much mature love as you can give. What makes love mature - and not just adult - is the conscious spiritual intention behind it. The birth of a baby launches us as teachers of spirit. Afterward we rely on the grace of love, which guides our intentions in the years to come. Spirit lifts us above our individual fallibility, and in doing that it teaches our children the deepest, most valuable lessons.

Too many Christians are fighting graduate school sins with a grammar school knowledge of God.

Leaders grow; they are not made.

Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.

While personal maturity may mean being able to see beyond yourself, leadership maturity means considering others before yourself.

Statesmanship is developed in the hard knocks of general experience, private and public.

Growth inside fuels growth outside.

A sense of responsibility is the clearest indication of mature leadership.