Maturity Quotes - Page 12

People who are angry at themselves sometimes blame others. It's a sign of immaturity.

If you cultivate your body, your mind, your emotions, and your energies to a certain level of maturity, meditation will blossom.

It does require maturity to realize that models are to be used, but not to be believed.

The doctrine of pre-existence pours a wonderful flood of light upon the otherwise mysterious problem of man's origin. It shows that man, as a spirit, was begotten and born of heavenly parents and reared to maturity in the eternal mansions of the Father, prior to coming upon the earth in a temporal body to undergo an experience in mortality.

If you ask why start-ups outperform established enterprises when it comes to catching the next wave, the answer is that they are not conflicted. Everyone is rowing in the same direction. That is never the case in a company that has a portfolio of businesses at different stages in their maturity. So the key to winning there has to be to "zone out" the conflicts - sort of like sending quarrelling children each to their own room.

I'm almost 50, so I obviously don't have the same body that I had when I was 20. But I also don't have the same mindset either, when I was wracked with self-consciousness and insecurity. Now I really appreciate my maturity as a woman, my depth of spirit and soul and my understanding of who I am and what's important to me.

A strong sense of humor, a really awesome personality, and maturity is also really important in a boyfriend. I tend to only be attracted to older guys for that reason. I just love guys who have a really strong sense of who they are.

One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Nor is surrender to the will of God (per se) adequate to fullness of power in Christ. Maturity is the accomplishment of years, and I can only surrender to the will of God as I know what that will is.

One sign of maturity is knowing when to ask for help.

You don't measure your maturity by comparing yourself with others. You judge maturity by comparing yourself to Jesus.

Maturity is a stage of life when you don't see eye to eye but can walk arm in arm.

The loss of religious faith among the most civilized portion of the race is a step from childishness toward maturity.

Maturity is many things. It is the ability to base a judgment on the big picture, the long haul.

The adult who is constantly changing friends and changing mates is immature. He/she cannot stick it out because he/she has not grown up.

Maturity isn't a product of growing older. It's a product of growing wiser.

Our judgements about things vary according to the time left us to live -that we think is left us to live.

Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.

The true test of maturity is not how old a person is but how he reacts to awakening in the mid-town area in his shorts.

Maturity is developed by respecting others and accepting responsibility for violating that respect.

I have met a lot of guys in their 40s who have the maturity of a 15 - year-old and men in their 20s who have older sensibilities. They just need to live in their own apartment. That's kind of a deal breaker.

We buy expecting to hold a bond to maturity and a stock forever.

I don't think people change. I think they definitely mature. But I think the essence of what I am today is the same as when I was five years old. It's just maturity. I've become a healthier, fuller expression of that essence.

When we rejoice in our fullness, then we can part with our fruits with joy.

What sort of tree is there which will not, if neglected, grow crooked and unfruitful; what but Will, if rightly ordered, prove productive and bring its fruit to maturity? What strength of body is there which will not lose its vigor and fall to decay by laziness, nice usage, and debauchery?

We must try again to be alive to what the people of our country really long for in our national life: forgiveness and grace, maturity and wisdom. ...Our political leaders will know our priorities only if we tell them, again and again, and if those priorities begin to show up in the polls.