Adults Quote by David Elkind

“A FEW years ago, someone asked me for my definition of a mature person. Here it is: “A mature person is one who does…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

A mature person is one who does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

“Maturity is so often considered to be synonymous with ‘adult.’ But I truly feel that maturity may be defined by the ability to be…

— Gina Marinello-Sweeney

A mature person is one who is does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally,…

— Eleanor Roosevelt

Mature love is composed and sustaining; a celebration of commitment, companionship, and trust.

— H. Jackson Brown, Jr

“I believe that maturity is not an outgrowing, but a growing up:that an adult is not a dead child, but a child who survived.…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Maturity means acknowledging that Romantic love might only constitute a narrow and perhaps rather mean-minded aspect of emotional life, one principally focused on a…

— Alain de Botton

To mature is in part to realize that while complete intimacy and omniscience and power cannot be had, self-transcendence, growth, and closeness to others…

— Sissela Bok

Maturity is the ability to live in someone else's world.

— Oren Arnold

Maturity is the ability to joyfully live in an imperfect world.

— Richard Rohr

Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence or destruction. The mature person can face unpleasantness, frustration, discomfort and defeat…

— Ann Landers

Becoming mature means learning to accept what you cannot change, facing unresolved sorrows and learning to love life as it really happens, not as…

— Barbara Sher