858 Quotes About Maturity

The average adult hates being treated like a child, unless it suits them.

[One way] researchers sometimes evaluate people's judgments is to compare those judgments with those of more mature or experienced individuals. This method has its limitations too, because mature or experienced individuals are sometimes so set in their ways that they can't properly evaluate new or unique conditions or adopt new approaches to solving problems.

If as an adult I have scolded and then silenced the child within me, I contend that I am neither an adult nor a child. Rather, I am just plain ignorant.

If we had to earn our age by thinking for ourselves at least once a year, only a handful of people would reach adulthood.

Don't restrain yourself to mundaneness. You're subject to consciousness that makes you more than animalistic.

The clash is born of the fact that the child within me sees with undiluted clarity what the adult within me is incessantly working to deny. And in these most vexing moments, to be the adult is to defer to the child.

The Bible was composed in such a way that as beginners mature, its meaning grows with them.

Apply expectations appropriately. Do not assume [all] adults are as grown up and mature as they should be, or appear to be.

The pen. To child - a toy.To youth - a curiosity.To mature - a pen.To intelligent - the tip of a spear.To creative - an arrow.To angels - music.To god - a sun.