Adulthood isn't an award they'll give you for being a good child. You can waste... years, trying to get someone to give that respect to you, as though it were a sort of promotion or raise in pay. If only you do enough, if only you are good enough. No. You have to just... take it. Give it to yourself, I suppose. Say, I'm sorry you feel like that and walk away. But that's hard. Lois McMaster Bujold
Adulthood isn't an award they'll give you for being a good child. You can waste... years, trying to get someone to give that respect to you, as though it were a sort of promotion or raise in pay. If only you do enough, if only you are good enough. No. You have to just... take it. Give it to yourself, I suppose. Say, I'm sorry you feel like that and walk away. But that's hard.
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. Henri Bergson
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.
Maturity is: The ability to stick with a job until it's finished; The ability to do a job without being supervised; The ability to carry money without spending it; and The ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even. Abigail Van Buren
Maturity is: The ability to stick with a job until it's finished; The ability to do a job without being supervised; The ability to carry money without spending it; and The ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.
Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values. Joshua Loth Liebman
Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.
Youth condemns; maturity condones. Amy Lowell
Youth condemns; maturity condones.
What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death. Dave Barry
What I look forward to is continued immaturity followed by death.
Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up. That he has to leave the nest, the security, and go out to do battle. He has to lose everything that is lovely and fight for a new loveliness of his own making, and it's a tragedy. A lot of people don't have the courage to do it. Helen Hayes
Every human being on this earth is born with a tragedy, and it isn't original sin. He's born with the tragedy that he has to grow up. That he has to leave the nest, the security, and go out to do battle. He has to lose everything that is lovely and fight for a new loveliness of his own making, and it's a tragedy. A lot of people don't have the courage to do it.
By the time I'd grown up, I naturally supposed that I'd be grown up. Eve Babitz
By the time I'd grown up, I naturally supposed that I'd be grown up.
To be mature means to face, and not evade, every fresh crisis that comes. Fritz Kunkel
To be mature means to face, and not evade, every fresh crisis that comes.
When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable. Madeleine L'Engle
When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
Maturity is only a short break in adolescence. Jules Feiffer
Maturity is only a short break in adolescence.
Maturity isn't a product of growing older. It's a product of growing wiser. Ann Landers
Maturity isn't a product of growing older. It's a product of growing wiser.
Maturity is the ability to do a job whether or not you are supervised, to carry money without spending it and to bear an injustice without wanting to get even. Ann Landers
Maturity is the ability to do a job whether or not you are supervised, to carry money without spending it and to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity. Publilius Syrus
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
We were very good last year, but we went out and got what was on our wish list. The maturity level on our defense is huge. Brent Johnson
We were very good last year, but we went out and got what was on our wish list. The maturity level on our defense is huge.
However, we see the trend of R&D moving gradually to the mainland over these few years, depending on the maturity of the engineers there. Albert Chen
However, we see the trend of R&D moving gradually to the mainland over these few years, depending on the maturity of the engineers there.
We had four seniors who had been through the rigors of Ivy League play. Their maturity level and experience were helpful. Terry Dunn
We had four seniors who had been through the rigors of Ivy League play. Their maturity level and experience were helpful.
The young teams that get down a couple of goals, they try to force things to make things happen. Where maturity knows you're going to get it back in the next two minutes. Manny Legace
The young teams that get down a couple of goals, they try to force things to make things happen. Where maturity knows you're going to get it back in the next two minutes.
We're hoping for maturity and discipline from Katie, not only to her game but to the team. Cassie Belmodis
We're hoping for maturity and discipline from Katie, not only to her game but to the team.
She bounced back. In the past she would've just wilted. I'm really happy with the way she responded. That's maturity. Dave Chanley
She bounced back. In the past she would've just wilted. I'm really happy with the way she responded. That's maturity.
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