Quotes by Maturity Maturity… is the ability to do something even though your parents have recommended it. Paul Watzlawick abilitymaturityparent Maturity is doing what you think is best, even when your mother thinks it's a good idea. Paul Watzlawick maturitymotherthinking Greece will not manage to get back on its feet without restructuring its debt. There is no way around it. The country's creditors will have to reduce a portion of its debts by extending maturity dates, lowering interest rates or giving them what's called a 'haircut' in financial jargon. Peer Steinbruck maturityfeetcountry We must try again to be alive to what the people of our country really long for in our national life: forgiveness and grace, maturity and wisdom. ...Our political leaders will know our priorities only if we tell them, again and again, and if those priorities begin to show up in the polls. Peggy Noonan maturitylongcountry I believe that the experience of childhood is irretrievable. All that remains, for any of us, is a headful of brilliant frozen moments, already dangerously distorted by the wisdoms of maturity. Penelope Lively childhoodmaturitybelieve That could be applied to whatever you feel. Maybe anger is your thing. You just go out of control and you see red, and the next thing you know you're yelling or throwing something or hitting someone. At that time, begin to accept the fact that that's "enraged buddha." If you feel jealous, that's "jealous buddha." If you have indigestion, that's "buddha with heartburn." If you're happy, "happy buddha"; if bored, "bored buddha." In other words, anything that you can experience or think is worthy of compassion; anything you could think or feel is worthy of appreciation. Pema Chodron jealousmaturityappreciation Where I didn't have the maturity and the compassion to consider other people's needs, I did a lot of damage. Peter Coyote maturitycompassionpeople The person who will make the greatest contribution to a company is the mature person-and you cannot have maturity if you have no life or interest outside the job. Peter Drucker maturityleadershipjobs That's the duty of the old, to be anxious on behalf of the young. And the duty of the young is to scorn the anxiety of the old. Philip Pullman anxietymaturityyoung Maturity means learning the value of that which is hard-earned. Philip Toshio Sudo hardmaturitymean The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace. Philip Yancey maturityhumilityspiritual There are books that one needs maturity to enjoy just as there are books an adult can come on too late to savor. Phyllis McGinley maturityadultsbook What sort of tree is there which will not, if neglected, grow crooked and unfruitful; what but Will, if rightly ordered, prove productive and bring its fruit to maturity? What strength of body is there which will not lose its vigor and fall to decay by laziness, nice usage, and debauchery? Plutarch maturitynicefall The vow of celibacy is a matter of keeping one's word to Christ and the Church. a duty and a proof of the priest's inner maturity; it is the expression of his personal dignity. Pope John Paul II servant-of-godmaturityexpression The Faith does not mean an alienation from any culture for any people because all cultures await Christ and are not destroyed by the Lord. In fact, they reach their maturity. Pope Benedict XVI maturitymeanpeople No member of the animal kingdom nurses past maturity, no member of the animal kingdom ever did a thing to me. Its why I don't eat red meat or white fish, don't give me no blue cheese. Were all members of the animal kingdom, leave your brothers and sisters in the sea. Prince maturitybrotheranimal Man matures through work which inspires him to difficult good. Pope John Paul II maturityworkmen No one knows what he can do till he tries. Publilius Syrus maturityexcellencelong It seldom happens that a premature shoot of genius ever arrives at maturity. Quintilian maturitygeniushappens The grass is always greener once you don't have to mow a lawn anymore. R. K. Milholland lawnsmaturitygrass«1920212223242526272829»
