We have not passed that subtle line between childhood and adulthood until we move from the passive voice to the active voice- that is, until we have stopped saying “It got lost,” and say, “I lost it.” – Sydney J. Harris
Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty. – John Finley
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
Maturity is the ability to accept the unaccepted in life and make things work within one’s possible means.
Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don’t go well. – Jim Rohn
Maturity, one discovers, has everything to do with the acceptance of “not knowing”. – Mark Z. Danielewski
Maturity means losing innocence.
You have to do your own growing no matter how tall your grandfather was. – Abraham Lincoln
Maturity is the time of life when, if you had the time, you’d have the time of your life.
You can’t prove you’re not a child by engaging in childish behavior. – Alan Robert Neal
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
When sleeping becomes a reward rather than a punishment, you’ve grown up.
Mature minds don’t clutter with trivial thoughts.
Maturity is to be is to be responsible for your actions and when anything goes wrong take it like a man.
That’s the worst of growing up, and I’m beginning to realize it. The things you wanted so much when you were a child don’t seem half so wonderful to you when you get them. – L. M. Montgomery
Blessed is he who has learned to admire but not envy, to follow but not imitate, to praise but not flatter, and to lead but not manipulate. – William Arthur Ward
Maturity has nothing to do with many birthdays you celebrated, but more to do with challenges you experienced or came across in life.
An excuse is what it is. . . . Failure to accept responsibility for one’s own actions.
Maturity can never be defined by age.
I was dumb till I realized I was talking sense to the wrong people.
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