Quotes about Maturity
To write all things in a book is to leave a sword in the hands of a child.
— Clement of Alexandria
Sometimes arriving too quickly is detrimental. It is dangerous to arrive without our character mature or intact.
— Lisa Bevere
No more hiding. No more pretending to be something she wasn't. She would wear an older woman's clothes, but she would wear them in such a way that she was honest with herself, with others, and with God. She was a teenager who had been left behind, but she was also one who had seen what was right and acted upon it. She belonged to God now, and she would present herself to him as she really was.
— Jerry B. Jenkins
Christians already? It seems to me that it takes a lifetime of work.
— Maya Angelou
Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good.
— Pope John Paul II
We postpone our literary work until we have more ripeness and skill to write, and we one day discover that our literary talent wasa youthful effervescence which we have now lost.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
I definitely would never go back to my 20s. The best is yet to come.
— Celine Dion
Every good choice makes the next one easier and more delightful.
— Peter Kreeft
Perseverance must finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything" (James 1:4)
— Craig Groeschel
Let the wind of God's comforting, guiding Spirit life you above temporary problems. With His help, you can soar to new heights of maturity and confidence.
— Craig Groeschel
A mature person is one who is does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably.
— Eleanor Roosevelt
The worst thing you can do for those you love is the things they could and should do themselves.
— Abraham Lincoln