Citizens Quote by Frank Prochaska

“Maturity is when we can differentiate between our wants and needs and treat them as such.”

— Antwi Isaac - BORN2WIN

Maturity starts with the willingness to give oneself.

— Elisabeth Elliot

Democracy is timelessly human, and timelessness always implies a certain amount of potential youthfulness.

— Thomas Mann

Maturity is the capacity to love, to care about other people in the broadest sense ... and to continue to increase this capacity beyond…

— William C. Menninger

A nation becomes what its young people read in their youth. Its ideals are fashioned then, its goals strongly determined.

— James A. Michener

Real maturity is the ability to imagine the humanity of every person as fully as you believe in your own humanity.

— Tobias Wolff

To me, a mark of maturity is realizing that nobody runs the world. Fat cat politicians and secret conspiracies don't control our lives. In…

— George Meyer

Maturity is largely about acquiring the confidence and the competence to make your own decisions.

— Susan Maushart

Maturity begins on the day we accept responsibility for our own actions.

— Richard L. Evans

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

— Richard Rohr

A mature society understands that at the heart of democracy is argument.

— Salman Rushdie

Maturity is the ability to live in peace with that which we cannot change.

— Ann Landers