Quotes about Maturity

Failure means nothing now, only that it taught me life.

When our plans are interrupted, His are not. God's plans are proceeding exactly as scheduled, moving us always - including those minutes or hours or years which seem most useless or wasted or unendurable - toward the goal of true maturity.

Of course I've had a problem with people taking me seriously because of my age. People are always going do that because you're less experienced; you haven't lived as much.

Growing up means putting aside our egocentricity for truth.

Sin happens whenever we refuse to keep growing.

In the second half of life, people have less power to infatuate you. But they also have much less power to control you or hurt you.

God doesn't wait for you to reach maturity before he starts liking you. He loves and enjoys you at every stage of your spiritual development.

Real spiritual growth is never an isolated, individualistic pursuit. Maturity is produced through relationships and community.

It is your responsibility to stop listening to voices that hinder your ongoing growth and maturity.

When I was doing 'This Boy's Life' I wanted to be as old as Robert DeNiro and as experienced as him and have the same respect as he did in that movie.

What a mistake to suppose that the passions are strongest in youth. The passions are not stronger, but the control over them is weaker. They are more easily excited; they are more violent and apparent, but they have less energy, less durability, less intense and concentrated power than in mature life.

Immaturity isn't something to aspire to, but childlike faith is a valuable commodity in God's Kingdom.