858 Quotes About Maturity

Forgetting the injustices and seeming injustices which one suffered from one’s parents during childhood and youth must be the major part of any maturing process. I kept repeating this to myself, as though it were a lesson I would at some future time be accountable for. A certain oblivion was what we must undergo in order to become adults and live peacefully with ourselves.

It is in building the best of our abilities that we ultimately destroy the worst of our liabilities.

Maturity doesn't mean you stop fighting, you just change the things you fight for.

Without willing it, I had gone from being ignorant of being ignorant to being aware of being unaware. And the worst part of my awareness was that I didn't know what I was aware of.

She was reasonable and rational, even through the tears. I hurt her. I know I hurt her. All I felt was anger. I wanted to yell and break stuff. Be demonstrative. Because she was being... she was so adult. And I just felt like a stupid kid. I didn't want to be in our empty place so I did what I do, I went to the movies. I wanted a big dark room to cry in.

Understanding someone is the sign of true maturity, forgiving them is that of true wisdom.

Maturity is not determined by size, it can only be measured with intelligence. Being brilliant is not a matter of going to school, it is matter divine composition and working hard.

Some so weighty we carry them our whole lives. They can blight our very existence, or they can make us stronger. They can make us bitter or teach us compassion. They can drive us to do things we never thought ourselves capable of. Wonderful achievements, like becoming Chief Inspector and Commander. Or horrific things. Terrible dark deeds.

I can work on changing what I’ve become. Or I can stop engaging in the things that have made me become the person I’m trying to change. And if I’m not serious about the latter, I can forget the former.