Maturity Quotes - Page 3

The dreams of youth are the regrets of maturity.

Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well.

To be mature means to face, and not evade, every fresh crisis that comes

The art of living is the art of bringing dreams and reality together.

Dare to know! Have the courage to use your own intelligence!

There are three stages of life: youth, maturity, and 'My, you're looking good!'

Maturity is the ability to do a job whether you're supervised or not; finish a job once it's started; carry money without spending it; and the ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.

If men had more up top we'd need less up front

The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.

Gaining maturity in yoga practice involves learning to respect the paths that other people are on and acknowledging their merits, maybe even acknowledging that your own path is lacking in some area where another one excels.

To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity.

One hard day of work proves you have heart. But day after day is what proves you have maturity and commitment.

To give, and not demand that others receive . . . that is the crossover point to maturity. . .

Imagine a wall that's green on one side and red on the other. You stand on one side and only see green. I stand on the other side and only see red. We'll both be right about the color we see, even though we disagree on what color the wall is. Being able to realize that the other person has a valid point, even if you disagree with it, that's maturity.

Learning lessons is a little like reaching maturity. You're not suddenly more happy, wealthy, or powerful, but you understand the world around you better, and you're at peace with yourself. Learning life's lessons is not about making your life perfect, but about seeing life as it was meant to be.

Maturity comes with experience, not age.

Maturity is most rapid in the low latitudes, where pineapples and women most do thrive.

A woman is a woman until the day she dies, but a man's man only as long as he can

Maturity is the ability to live in peace with that which we cannot change.

It requires twenty years for a man to rise from the vegetable state in which he is within his mother's womb, and from the pure animal state which is the lot of his early childhood, to the state when the maturity of reason begins to appear. It has required thirty centuries to learn a little about his structure. It would need eternity to learn something about his soul. It takes an instant to kill him.

In adults, dependability is the fruit of maturity; in a child, it is the seed.

With maturity comes the wish to economize - to be more simple. Maturity is the period when one finds the just measure.

Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.

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

Up to one's last breath, one may retain the simple joys of childhood, the poetic ecstasies of the young person, the enthusiasms of maturity. Right to the end, one may intoxicate one's spirit with flowers, with beauty and with smiles.