Quotes about Maturity
If boyhood and youth are but vanity, must it not be our ambition to become men?
— Vincent Van Gogh
It is looking at things for a long time that ripens you and gives you a deeper meaning.
— Vincent Van Gogh
If confidence is a plant of slow growth, credit is one which matures much more slowly.
— Benjamin Disraeli
"The twins no longer derive their sustenance from Nature's founts - in short," said Mr. Micawber, in one of his bursts of confidence, "they are weaned..."
— Charles Dickens
The human soul develops up to the time of death.
— Hippocrates
But the strength and beauty of age is spiritual. We gradually lose the strength and beauty that is temporary so we'll be sure to concentrate on the strength and beauty which is forever.
— Philip Yancey
In other words, the proof of spiritual maturity is not how 'pure' you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.
— Philip Yancey
The proof of spiritual maturity, Tolstoy contended, is not how "pure" you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace.
— Philip Yancey
No manliness no maturity! No discipline no discipleship! No sweat no sainthood!
— Kent Hughes
If you do nothing but read your Bible, you will dry up; if you only pray, you will blow up; but if you read your Bible and pray, you will grow up.
— RT Kendall
The worst thing that can happen to a man is to succeed before he is ready. —D. MARTYN LLOYD-JONES
— RT Kendall
If you would rather pick a fight than solve a problem, do not consider leading the church. The
— J. Oswald Sanders