Quotes by Maturity One hard day of work proves you have heart. But day after day is what proves you have maturity and commitment. Dwayne Johnson maturityheartcommitment My biggest achievement - besides being drafted into the NBA - was becoming a father. Being a father has made me experience things that have contributed to my maturity and personal growth. Dwyane Wade nbamaturityfather There are three stages of life: youth, maturity, and 'My, you're looking good!' Dwight D. Eisenhower youthmaturitythree My name is very important to me. I'm representing the Wade name. I've got the name on the back of my jersey when I play. I walk around with that name. That's my family name, the name my son will grow up with. So it's very important to me to keep the level of maturity that I have. Dwyane Wade growing-upmaturityson Most very successful people can remember that their success was discovered and built out of adversity of some kind. It's not the problems that beset us-problems are surprisingly pretty much the same for millions of others-it's how we react to problems that determines not only our degree of growth and maturity but our future success-and, perhaps, much of our health. Earl Nightingale maturityadversitysuccessful To live with fear and not be afraid is the final test of maturity. Ed Weeks maturitycouragefear … what society overwhelmingly asks for is snake oil. Of course, the snake oil has the most impressive names — otherwise you would be selling nothing — like “Structured Analysis and Design”, “Software Engineering”, “Maturity Models”, “Management Information Systems”, “Integrated Project Support Environments” “Object Orientation” and “Business Process Re-engineering”. Edsger Dijkstra engineeringsnakesmaturity Hold the period of youth sacred to education, and the period of maturity, when the physical forces begin to flag, equally sacred to ease and agreeable relaxation. Edward Bellamy flagsmaturityrelaxation Grown men do not need leaders. Edward Abbey maturityleadershipmen Maturity comes not with age but with the acceptance of responsibility. You are only young once but immaturity can last a lifetime! Edwin Louis Cole maturityresponsibilityacceptance Genius may anticipate the season of maturity; but in the education of a people, as in that of an individual, memory must be exercised, before the powers of reason and fancy can be expanded: nor may the artist hope to equal or surpass, till he has learned to imitate, the works of his predecessors. Edward Gibbon maturityartistmemories Our focus reflects our love and admiration for you. . . . We want you to live lives of spiritual maturity and fulfillment, free of unrealistic comparisons. Elaine L. Jack maturityspirituallife I have a theory that no child ever does outgrow its ungratified legitimate desires; though subsequent maturity may bring him to the point where his original desire has reached such astounding proportions that the original object can no longer possibly appease it. Eleanor Hallowell Abbott maturitydesirechildren Why does any kind of cynicism appeal to people? Because it seems like a mark of maturity, of sophistication, like you’ve seen everything and know better. Or because putting something down feels like pushing yourself up. Eliezer Yudkowsky maturitydoepeople Up to one's last breath, one may retain the simple joys of childhood, the poetic ecstasies of the young person, the enthusiasms of maturity. Right to the end, one may intoxicate one's spirit with flowers, with beauty and with smiles. Eliphas Levi maturityflowersimple Learning lessons is a little like reaching maturity. You're not suddenly more happy, wealthy, or powerful, but you understand the world around you better, and you're at peace with yourself. Learning life's lessons is not about making your life perfect, but about seeing life as it was meant to be. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross maturitypowerfulperfect If we hold tightly to anything given to us unwilling to allow it to be used as the Giver means it to be used we stunt the growth of the soul. What God gives us is not necessarily "ours" but only ours to offer back to him, ours to relinguish, ours to lose, ours to let go of, if we want to be our true selves. Many deaths must go into reaching our maturity in Christ, many letting goes. Elisabeth Elliot maturityletting-gomean When emotions dominate, maturity and wisdom deteriorate Dennis Prager maturityemotion Maturity starts with the willingness to give oneself. Elisabeth Elliot passion-and-puritymaturitygiving A strong sense of humor, a really awesome personality, and maturity is also really important in a boyfriend. I tend to only be attracted to older guys for that reason. I just love guys who have a really strong sense of who they are. Elizabeth Gillies maturityguystrong«345678910111213»
