Quotes about Maturity
Lincoln himself once said, "The worst things you can do for those you love are the things they could and should do for themselves." He fiercely believed in self-sufficiency, and in the maturity and character that struggles and hardships can bring.
— John Wooden
Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.
— Barack Obama
As we mature in Christ, it is actually possible to outgrow fear.
— Dallas Willard
When I became a man I put away childish things, including the fear of childishness and the desire to be very grown up.
— CS Lewis
Every time you feel like doing the wrong thing but choose to do the right thing, you are growing!
— Joyce Meyer
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 that is, is aging.
— Maya Angelou
We learn not in the school, but in life.
— Seneca
People grow through experience if they meet life honestly and courageously. This is how character is built.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.
— Anne Frank
You must become an old man in good time if you wish to be an old man long.
— Marcus Aurelius
We thought we were running away from the grown-ups, and now we're the grown-ups.
— Margaret Atwood
We old folks have to find our cushions and pillows in our tankards. Strong beer is the milk of the old.
— Martin Luther