From here on out, there's just reality. I think that's what maturity is: a stoic response to endless reality. But then, what… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
“It is no surprise that the first and always unwelcome message of male initiation rites is LIFE – IS – HARD.” — Richard Rohr 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
“How does one grow up?” I asked a friend the other day. There was a slight pause; then she answered, “By thinking.” — May Sarton 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
Being nice to someone you have an issue with doesn't mean you are fake...it means someone taught you how to be polite. — Louise Angela Deseles Copy Share Image
People look with sympathetic eyes only at the blossom and the fruit, and disregard the long period of transition during which the… — Berthold Auerbach Copy Share Image
“Wine is the refined jewel that only a grown woman will prefer to the sparkling trinkets adored by little girls.” — Muriel Barbery Copy Share Image
Maturity is not equated with independence though it includes a certain capacity for independence...The independence of the mature person is simply that… — Nancy Chodorow Copy Share Image
Imagine a wall that's green on one side and red on the other. You stand on one side and only see green.… — Oliver Gaspirtz Copy Share Image
I have never been a fan of bond funds. Unlike a direct investment in an individual bond that you can hold to… — Suze Orman Copy Share Image
One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Nor is… — Elisabeth Elliot Copy Share Image
Sitting at a candidate rally is similar to sitting in a ballyard. Both give you the opportunity to assess the technical metrics… — Christine Pelosi Copy Share Image
What we mean by maturity in people's thinking is not a matter of how smart they are, but it is a matter… — Robert Kegan Copy Share Image
“For students who have not been required to confess that it is easier to learn theology then live it, it is tempting… — Paul David Tripp Copy Share Image
By the age of twenty, any young man should know whether or not he is to be a specialist and just where… — Bill Vaughan Copy Share Image
No fruit has a more precise marked period of maturity, than love; if neglected to be gathered at that time, it will… — Fulke Greville, 1st Baron Brooke Copy Share Image
I certainly think that he [Alan Rickman] was a kind of actor who needed to grow into his maturity to realize the… — Helen Mirren Copy Share Image
“In a desperate attempt to stay young forever we have achieved eternal childishness, rather than eternal youth.” — Daniel Prokop Copy Share Image
“Knowledge evolves, understanding matures and wisdom progresses. Don't be so hung up on what you think you know.” — TemitOpe Ibrahim Copy Share Image
I was way behind in my maturity. I was a 30-year-old acting like a 23-year-old. So when I was 21, I was… — Dale Earnhardt Jr Copy Share Image
Just because I don't fight back doesn't mean I'm weak. It means I am mature enough to know that anger wont solve… — Suman Rai Copy Share Image
Immature people always want to win arguments even at the cost of a relationship. Mature people prefer losing an argument just to… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself. — John MacNaughton Copy Share Image
I'm aware that I'm now a role model for younger players. I bring more maturity to practice - it's more of a… — Tobin Heath Copy Share Image
Maturity: knowing where you're crazy, trying to warn others of the fact and striving to keep yourself under control. — Alain de Botton Copy Share Image
“...people feel they can be revealing around me, that they can unbutton their lips and let slip intimate facts ad trust that… — Timothy Schaffert Copy Share Image
Every time you feel like doing the wrong thing but choose to do the right thing, you are growing! — Joyce Meyer Copy Share Image
Just because I dont fight back doesnt mean Im weak. It means Im mature enough to know that anger wont solve anything. — Nayely Saldana Copy Share Image
“Being popular or not, having company or being alone, are not issues of concern for the developed soul.” — Donna Goddard Copy Share Image
As we grow older, the memories of early life brighten, those of maturity and senescence grow dim and confused. — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
The problem with some of our noisier exponents of 'American exceptionalism' is that they lack Reagan's moral maturity. — Pat Buchanan Copy Share Image
I've grown in maturity because I understood from an intellectual standpoint how serious Covid-19 is and all the effects it was having… — Harrison Barnes Copy Share Image
“That's not fair!" Charlotte said. "I thought you were a grown lady -- you know life is neither fair nor kind.” — Michaela MacColl Copy Share Image
I forgive You in advance, You Havn't Offended Me, Aint a Kid Spiritually, call It Spiritual Maturity — Miles Ethereal Copy Share Image
“You become a man not when you reach a certain age, but when you reach a certain state of mind.” — Habeeb Akande Copy Share Image
Wisdom is having the courage to hang on when you want to let go. Courage is having the strength to let go… — Anonymous 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
Maturity is when a person hurts you and you try to understand why they act that way towards you. As the result,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If growing up is the process of creating ideas and dreams about what life should be, then maturity is letting go again. — Mary Beth Danielson Copy Share Image
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