Quotes by Maturity It takes a lot of grace and maturity to simply forgive, but a lot of healing takes place when you do. Elizabeth George forgivenessmaturityhealing One does not surrender a life in an instant. That which is lifelong can only be surrendered in a lifetime. Nor is surrender to the will of God (per se) adequate to fullness of power in Christ. Maturity is the accomplishment of years, and I can only surrender to the will of God as I know what that will is. Elisabeth Elliot maturityaccomplishmentyears A man is as good as he has to be, and a woman is as bad as she dares Elbert Hubbard womenmaturitymen I'm almost 50, so I obviously don't have the same body that I had when I was 20. But I also don't have the same mindset either, when I was wracked with self-consciousness and insecurity. Now I really appreciate my maturity as a woman, my depth of spirit and soul and my understanding of who I am and what's important to me. Elle Macpherson maturitywho-i-amself Maturity in the Christian life is measured by only one test: how much closer to his character have we become? Elyse Fitzpatrick maturitychristiancharacter Woman submits to her fate; man makes his Emile Gaboriau fatematuritydestiny 'Content' is a word that has never sat well with me. Like 'maturity'. They are two words I've never liked. I think they imply some sort of decay. A settling. Elvis Costello maturitytwothinking Maturity brings - among other things - the ability to sustain and survive enormous contradictions and disappointments. Elizabeth Gilbert contradictionmaturitydisappointment I still want to play music but I don't want to look like Donald Duck while I'm doing it. Elton John maturityducksplay Sweet Love of youth, forgive, if I forget thee, Emily Bronte forgivingmaturitysweet When we are very young, we tend to regard the ability to use a colon much as a budding pianist regards the ability to play with crossed hands: many of us, when we are older, regard it as a proof of literary skill, maturity, even of sophistication; and many; whether young, not so young, or old, employ it gauchely, haphazardly, or at best inconsistently. Eric Partridge maturitywritinghands Scars fade with time. And the ones that never go away, well, they build character, maturity, caution. Erin McCarthy maturitygoing-awaycharacter For us lads of eighteen they ought to have been mediators and guides to the world of maturity, the world of work, of duty, of culture, of progress -- to the future. Erich Maria Remarque progressmaturityculture To acknowledge, to accept, and to forgive one's parents - both what they gave and what they did not give, both one's dependence upon them and one's independence of them - is the ultimate hallmark of maturity: a perception as valid for institutions as for individuals. Ernest Kurtz maturityinspirationalgiving You must have a certain amount of maturity to be a poet. Seldom do sixteen-year-olds know themselves well enough. Erica Jong sixteenmaturityyears Spiritual maturity is marked by being comfortable with the unpredictability of God. Erwin W. Lutzer maturitycomfortablespiritual Infantile love follows the principle: "I love because I am loved." Mature love follows the principle: "I am loved because I love." Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says: "I need you because I love you. Erich Fromm immaturematuritylove There are no shortcuts to spiritual maturity. It takes time to be holy. Erwin W. Lutzer maturitywisdomspiritual Mature people transmit to young people a certain wisdom that comes from maturity, but young people are close to a more intuitive wisdom, and they can give that back to older people who have lost it to their maturation. Eugene Green maturitygivingpeople Church is the textured context in which we grow up in Christ to maturity. But church is difficult. Sooner or later, though, if we are serious about growing up in Christ, we have to deal with church. I say sooner. Eugene H. Peterson growing-upmaturitychurch«4567891011121314»
