858 Quotes About Maturity

He gave up. He'd been feeling like giving up for a long, long time. I guess it's maturity, they say it always gets you in the end. I don't seem to have any more principles left, so it's got to be maturity... A broken man, I guess that's what you become, the moment you are no longer a kid.

People who have been initiated "broke through in what felt like breaking down".

A patient willingness to defer dividends is a hallmark of individual maturity.

Maturity is when we can differentiate between our wants and needs and treat them as such.

I was a man fifteen years older than she, you understand. I had reached that stage in life where I identified with cynical villains in a book.

Most students have to do some work to resuscitate their childlike curiosity. The best way to do that is to start asking questions again—lots of them.

That's not fair!" Charlotte said."I thought you were a grown lady -- you know life is neither fair nor kind.

On Tony Gwynn: it was a wonder that such an exuberant man could be so patient.

The job wouldn't be just put the summer, but for a long time, as long as she could see ahead. Once they were used to the money coming in it would be impossible to do without again.