Quotes about Maturity

What might seem like a good idea to somebody at 21 is probably not going to seem like a good idea at 50, but you don't know that until you get there.

The fact is that not only do people get more wise and more conservative as they get older, they get more kind and more generous, too.

The final proof of greatness lies in being able to endure criticism without resentment.

Stupidity is expecting figs in winter, or children in old age.

You have grown beyond supposing such actions to be either good or bad, and therefore it will be so much the easier to be tolerant of another's blindness.

The best kind of revenge is, not to become like unto them.

We shouldn't have been so scornful; we should have had compassion. But compassion takes work, and we were young.

For years I wanted to be older, and now I am.

He's a young man, my own age or a little older, which is young for a man although not for a woman

Physical maturity is bound to time. Spiritual maturity is bound to obedience.

But I won't bore you any longer on the subject of old men. It won't make things any better and all my plans of revenge (such as disconnecting the lamp, shutting the door, hiding his clothes) must be abandoned in order to keep the peace. Oh, I'm becoming so sensible! ...

Deep down I know I could never be that innocent again, however much I'd like to be.