Quotes about Maturity

It's been said that great people talk about ideas, average people talk about themselves, and small people talk about others. That's what gossip does. It makes people small. There really is no upside to gossip. It diminishes the person being talked about. It diminishes the person who is saying unkind things about others, and it even diminishes the listener. That's why you should avoid not only spreading gossip but also being a recipient of it.

Maturity doesn't come with age. It begins with the acceptance of responsibility.

Freedom is a school of responsibility for human beings.

The riper he is for glory, the more, like the ripe corn, he hangs down his head. The brighter and clearer is his light, the more he sees of the shortcomings and infirmities of his own heart. When first converted, he would tell you he saw but little of them compared to what he sees now.

Smooth seas don't produce skillful sailors.

Love for God is never instant. It has to grow and mature just like any other kind of love. The struggle is always with our will.

Consider it pure joy, my brothers and sisters, whenever you face trials of many kinds, because you know that the testing of your faith produces perseverance. Let perseverance finish its work so that you may be mature and complete, not lacking anything. (James 1:2—4)

No matter how saved, sanctified, mature, and free we are, there are misalignments embedded in our souls.

I have to remember that giving honor reveals more about my character than the character of the other person.

It's not bad that I'm vulnerable, but am I displaying a mature form of my vulnerability?

Breaking up the unplowed ground of your heart will make it ready for new life, new growth, new maturity in you.

Grace doesn't give me a free pass to act out how I feel, with no regard to His commands. Rather, His grace gives me consolation in the moment, with a challenge to learn from this situation and become more mature in the future.