249 Quotes About Maturation

She was more sure of her politics than she was of herself.

Truth becomes the foundation for every other life task.

It's hard to renounce heroes unless you have one to start with.

The quality self-confidence is not bad in youth. We rather like to see it, for it indicates usually the possession or the motive power which makes a man aggressive and enterprising. He works more vigorously if he is sure that he is nearer right than other people, and has no misgivings as to his ability to accomplish his ends. The self distrustful, self-critical young man, who is always looking for direction from somebody else is pretty sure to be left behind in the race.

King was a transformed person. Evil was no longer a theory.

Abilene had gone from boomtown to Bible Belt, from whorehouses to schoolmarms, without any of the intervening phases.

The faster the motion, the less time to think. Fuselage journalism, Hugh Sidey of Time later called it.

They are full of wonder and awe and can play creatively. Sometimes they can sense things that adults often take time to perceive or know. For example, young children are able to make quick intuitive decisions about whom they will be friendly with. However, when this aspect of a child is not affirmed and noticed, it becomes hidden and repressed. As a result, young children can lose touch with a part of themselves that is already quite well developed.

Adolescents thrive on rituals that acknowledge their growing independence and passage into adulthood.