The clergy profession is fundamentally self-defeating. Its stated purpose is to nurture spiritual maturity in the church - a valuable goal. In… — Christian Smith Copy Share Image
There are no shortcuts to spiritual maturity. It takes time to be holy. — Erwin W. Lutzer Copy Share Image
We are naturally drawn to beautiful, kind, loving people. Mature love knows how to love those who seem unlovable, those who seem… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I guess real maturity, which most of us never achieve, is when you realize that you're not the center of the universe. — Katherine Paterson Copy Share Image
For every high there is a low, every good a bad, every action a reaction. To experience it is living, to accept… — Nishan Panwar Copy Share Image
At sixteen I was stupid, confused and indecisive. At twenty-five I was wise, self-confident, prepossessing and assertive. At forty-five I am stupid,… — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
After awhile you learn the subtle difference between holding a hand and chaining a soul, and you learn that love doesn't mean… — Ritu Ghatourey Copy Share Image
True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriend - and he… — Larry McMurtry Copy Share Image
I think what's happening for me, it's fun to see other things besides Facebook and Twitter take hold. The maturity of Tumblr… — Gary Vaynerchuk Copy Share Image
Being willing to delay pleasure for a greater result is a sign of maturity. — Dave Ramsey Copy Share Image
Age is no guarantee of maturity. I have found that if a person was foolish and immature throughout their lifetime, when they… — David Kreger Copy Share Image
The virtues [moral excellence] therefore are engendered in us neither by nature nor yet in violation of nature; nature gives us the… — Aristotle Copy Share Image
Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Just because I'm young, doesn't mean I don't know anything about life, I've been through too much not to know, but I'm… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
That sense – the only true patriotism – comes slowly and springs from the heart: it is founded upon respect for the… — Livy Copy Share Image
I was introduced to Zendaya by one of the executives at Fox, and like every single person who's met her, you completely… — Michael Gracey Copy Share Image
And that is also what the movie's about, going beyond success, what is success 'cause I think success is misperceived as just… — David O. Russell Copy Share Image
“Maturity is so often considered to be synonymous with ‘adult.’ But I truly feel that maturity may be defined by the ability… — Gina Marinello-Sweeney Copy Share Image
Youth ends when egotism does; maturity begins when one lives for others. — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
Sometimes when we read the words of those who have been more than conquerors, we feel almost despondent. I feel that I… — Amy Carmichael Copy Share Image
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