Maturity Quotes

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The value of marriage is not that adults produce children but that children produce adults. — Peter De Vries
Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything. — Kurt Vonnegut
To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity. — William Arthur Ward
Woman begins by resisting a man's advances and ends by blocking his retreat. — Oscar Wilde
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… — Ricky Williams
Sometimes success will get in the way of maturity - at least temporarily. — Ricky Williams
Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer.… — Marianne Williamson
One of the signs of passing youth is the birth of a sense of fellowship with other human beings as we take our place among… — Virginia Woolf
Juno MacGuff: I was out handling things way beyond my maturity level. — Diablo Cody
Gratitude is a sign of maturity...Where there is appreciation: there is also courtesy and concern for the rights and property of others. — Gordon B. Hinckley
It's easy to fall in love. The hard part is finding someone to catch you. — Bertrand Russell
A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has… — Eleanor Roosevelt
Life is truly a ride. We're all strapped in and no one can stop it. When the doctor slaps your behind, he's ripping your ticket… — Jerry Seinfeld
The willingness to forgive is a sign of spiritual and emotional maturity. It is one of the great virtues to which we all should aspire.… — Gordon B. Hinckley
A fear of weapons is a sign of retarded sexual and emotional maturity. — Sigmund Freud
But if we are truly happy inside, then age brings with it a maturity, a depth, and a power that only magnifies our radiance. — David Deida
Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What… — Maya Angelou
Maturity starts with the willingness to give oneself. — Elisabeth Elliot
The great French Marshall Lyautey once asked his gardener to plant a tree. The gardner objected that the tree was slow growing and wouldn't reach… — John F. Kennedy
We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are… — Anais Nin

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