Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of ‘not knowing. — Mark Z. Danielewski Copy Share Image
“Growing old is humbling and it takes effort to accomplish this stage of life with dignity.” — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Eventually you will reach a point when you stop lying about your age and start bragging about it. — Will Rogers Copy Share Image
As a member of the Aging Committee, I'm no stranger to fighting for America's seniors. — Claire McCaskill Copy Share Image
In my twenties, my pleasures tended to be physical. In my thirties, my pleasures tended to be intellectual. I can't say which… — Steve Kangas Copy Share Image
Small minds blame others for their misery. Maturity comes when we take ownership of our own destiny and take responsibility for our… — Sarah Moores Copy Share Image
He look'd in years, yet in his years were seen A youthful vigor, and autumnal green. — John Dryden Copy Share Image
“Hi,’ Jake said. ‘I met you earlier today, but you were a lot younger then.’ ‘I was a lot younger ten minutes… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
The young, free to act on their initiative, can lead their elders in the direction of the unknown... The children, the young,… — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Fame is a pearl many dive for and only a few bring up. Even when they do, it is not perfect, and… — Louisa May Alcott Copy Share Image
We had yet to learn that the Devil created youth so that we could make our mistakes, and that God established maturity… — Carlos Ruiz Zafon Copy Share Image
“The faces of these young people, especially those who were militarymen, bore that expression of condescending respect for their elders which seems… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
All the dangers in our world are like a blessed wake up call. They tell us to live life NOW... not tomorrow,… — Susan Jeffers Copy Share Image
Adolescence is the period of the decisive last battle fought before maturity. The ego must achieve independence, the old emotional ties must… — Helene Deutsch Copy Share Image
“These were young people having their fun. Old age comes quickly. If you don’t enjoy life at that time, you will never… — Xavior Romearo-Frias Copy Share Image
“Adults create perennial sellers—and adults take responsibility for themselves. Children expect opportunities to be handed to them; maturity is understanding you have… — Ryan Holiday Copy Share Image
“Three days a week she helped at the Manor Nursing Home, where people proved their keenness by reciting received analyses of current… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Today, maturity is a word I associate with spirituality. It's one of those words that cause people to change their voice. When… — Sean Penn Copy Share Image
There's an old joke - um... two elderly women are at a Catskill mountain resort, and one of 'em says, "Boy, the… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Age has given me what I was looking for my entire life - it gave me me. It provided the time and… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“The majority of men in every generation, even those who, as it is described, devote themselves to thinking, live and die under… — Søren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
“When I was very young and the urge to be someplace else was on me, I was assured by mature people that… — John Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“But I suppose it's part of being old to feel that way, half in one world and half in the other, all… — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
“We had visions in those days, a number of us did. Your young men will have visions and your old men will… — Marilynne Robinson Copy Share Image
Getting older is a lot of fun. Right up there with chewing glass or putting your hand in a blender. — Albert Brooks Copy Share Image
Education today, more than ever before, must see clearly the dual objectives: education for living and educating for making a living. — James Wood-Mason Copy Share Image
“Maturity is when we differentiate between our wants and needs and treatment them as such.” — Antwi Isaac BORN2WIN Copy Share Image
Maturity doesn't come with age but rather with the acceptance of responsibility. — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
This Day, whate'er the Fates decree; Shall still be kept with Joy by me: This Day then, let us not be told,… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
It is only necessary to grow old to become more charitable and even indulgent. I see no fault committed by others that… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
Time marches on and sooner or later you realize it is marching across your face. — Dolly Parton Copy Share Image
“Our patents' old age shocks us in the same manner that our children's growth to maturity does , but without the joy.” — Azar Nafisi Copy Share Image
Every birthday, you decide whether to mark it the end of your greatest days or the beginning of your finest hour. — Oprah Winfrey Copy Share Image
“When your youth is about to enter in old age it shouldn't wonder, what happened? it must say, well done.” — Amit Kalantri Copy Share Image
“In many ways, aging well is about learning to let go of earthly things and clinging to God alone” — Missy Buchanan Copy Share Image
I used to think aging was a scam, a total abdication of your self. Well, aging's not a scam, but quitting is. — Jeff Lowe Copy Share Image
Aging and its evidence remain lifes most predictable events, yet they also remain matters we prefer to leave unmentioned, unexplored. — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
“Maturity understands that there’s darkness in the world but that there’s no need to dwell in it: we can lighten up and… — Gina Barreca Copy Share Image
