Maturity Quotes
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The stage, the screen, the novel, casual conversation, the street discussion, and too often the fireside intimacies are punctuated with blasphemy, to which may be added, as of the same nature, coarse, ribald jokes, foul stories, and low small talk. Some would have us believe that profanity is a sign of masculinity and emotion maturity.
Ezra Taft Benson
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The Kingdom of Hereford was unique in the Ununited Kingdoms for having driving tests based on maturity, not age, much to the chagrin of a lot of males, some of whom were still failing to make the grade at thirty-two.
Jasper Fforde
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If all struggles and sufferings were eliminated, the spirit would no more reach maturity than would the child.
Elisabeth Elliot
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Perhaps people don't come into their true maturity until a parent dies.
Robert Hunter
Grateful Dead
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I went from adolescence to senility, trying to bypass maturity.
Tom Lehrer
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I used a lot of quotes when I was young. To make me sound mature, to make me feel like I wasn't the second-class entity that I'd always thought I was
Gerard Jones
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I said to myself that maturity consisted in accepting the turn that existence had taken without getting too upset, following a path between daily practices and theoretical achievements, learning to see oneself, know oneself, in expectation of great changes.
Elena Ferrante
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Sometimes success will get in the way of maturity - at least temporarily.
Ricky Williams
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I get a little scared of words like maturity.
Sean Penn
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Young people, your parents, with their maturity of years and experience you have not had, can provide wisdom, knowledge, and blessings to help you over life's pitfalls. You may find, that life's sweetest experiences come when you go to Mom and Dad for help.
Ezra Taft Benson
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One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Nor is surrender to the will of God (per se) adequate to fullness of power in Christ. Maturity is the accomplishment of years, and I can only surrender to the will of God as I know what that will is.
Elisabeth Elliot
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Maturity starts with the willingness to give oneself.
Elisabeth Elliot
