Maturity Quotes - Page 16

• Biblical convictions are essential for spiritual growth and maturity. What is ironic today is that people often have strong convictions about weak issues (football, fashion, etc.) while having weak convictions about major issues (what is right and what is wrong).

  Rick Warren

  Christian, Football, Spiritual

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• Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension; when he does not torment himself with childish guilt feelings, but avoids tragic adult sins; when he postpones immediate pleasures for the sake of long-term values.... Our generation must be inspired to search for that maturity which will manifest itself in the qualities of tenacity, dependability, co-operativeness and the inner drive to work and sacrifice for a nobler future of mankind.

  Joshua L. Liebman

  Sacrifice, Our Generation, Long

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• Boys are two years behind girls in maturity level.

  Jennifer Echols

  Girl, Boys, Years

  Jennifer Echols (2012). “Going Too Far”, p.88, Simon and Schuster

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• Maturity is the ability to sort the portions of truth from the accepted lies and self-deceptions that you have grown up with.

  Alexei Panshin

  Lying, Self, Deception

  Alexei Panshin (1982). “Rite of passage”, Pocket

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• Jennifer Fulwiler's story of finding God when you aren't looking for Him is a universal tale which will touch many hearts. With warmth and unflinching candor she leads us through a personal journey of faith and maturity that is as funny as it is affecting.

  Raymond Arroyo

  Heart, Journey, Stories

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• Strategic planning for projects management using a project management maturity model

  Harold Kerzner

  Planning, Management, Projects

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• As long as a believer is worrying about whether or not they are truly saved, they will never grow up in spiritual maturity. It basically guarantees that a Christian will remain stuck in spiritual infancy. And worse, it paints a picture of God that is not only untrue but also unbiblical. It cheapens the gift of salvation – the gift of grace – and make God look like a finicky human.

  Will Davis

  Christian, Spiritual, Growing Up

  Will Davis (2011). “10 Things Jesus Never Said: And Why You Should Stop Believing Them”, p.150, Revell

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• Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God. Some people mature into an understanding of God’s will more quickly than others because they obey more readily; they more readily sacrifice the life of nature to the will of God.

  Oswald Chambers

  Spiritual, Sacrifice, Years

  Oswald Chambers (2015). “Bringing Sons Unto Glory: Studies in the Life of Our Lord”, p.18, Discovery House

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• Spiritual maturity is a lifelong pursuit. We grow in spiritual maturity moment by moment, day by day, year by year.

  Jim George

  Spiritual, Years, Moments

  Jim George (2008). “A Man After God's Own Heart: Devoting Your Life to What Really Matters”, p.38, Harvest House Publishers

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• The sea remains the greatest wilderness. To my mind, voyaging through wildernesses, be they full of woods or waves, is essential to the growth and maturity of the human spirit.

  Steven Callahan

  Sea, Growth, Mind

  Steven Callahan (2002). “Adrift: Seventy-six Days Lost at Sea”, p.252, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• One hard day of work proves you have heart. But day after day is what proves you have maturity and commitment.

  Dwayne Johnson

  Heart, Commitment, Prove

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• It is always easier to take the words of a Jesus, a Gandhi, a Marx, or a Confucius as constituting Holy Writ. This involves less reading, less study, less thought, less conflict, and less independent searching, but it also means less growth toward maturity.

  William Coperthwaite

  Jesus, Reading, Mean

  William Coperthwaite, John Saltmarsh (2007). “A Handmade Life: In Search of Simplicity”, p.13, Chelsea Green Publishing

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• Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God.

  Oswald Chambers

  Spiritual, Years, Obedience

  Oswald Chambers (2015). “Bringing Sons Unto Glory: Studies in the Life of Our Lord”, p.18, Discovery House

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• Remember, attraction is only one part of a relationship. Loyalty, commitment, responsibility and maturity make up the rest.

  Ruth Westheimer

  Loyalty, Commitment, Responsibility

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• Maturity in the Christian life is measured by only one test: how much closer to his character have we become?

  Elyse Fitzpatrick

  Christian, Character, Tests

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• God made sun and moon to distinguish the seasons, and day and night; and we cannot have the fruits of the earth but in their seasons. But God hath made no decrees to distinguish the seasons of His mercies. In Paradise the fruits were ripe the first minute, and in heaven it is always autumn. His mercies are ever in their maturity.

  John Donne

  God, Autumn, Moon

  John Donne (1963). “John Donne's Sermons on the Psalms and Gospels: With a Selection of Prayers and Meditations”, p.182, Univ of California Press

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• Growing maturity is marked by the increasing liberties we take with our travelling... we made the discovery (some people never make it) that real books can be taken on a journey and that hours of golden reading can so be added to its other delights.

  C. S. Lewis

  Real, Book, Taken

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• When emotions dominate, maturity and wisdom deteriorate

  Dennis Prager

  Emotion

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• Compassion for our parents is the true sign of maturity.

  Anais Nin

  Family, Compassion, Parent

  "The Diary Of Anais Nin, Vol. 5 (1947-1955)". Book by Anais Nin, 1975.

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• Spiritual maturity is measured in terms of persevering faith, not perfect behavior

  Andy Stanley

  Spiritual, Perfect, Behavior

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• It is in the prime of youth that man sinks into empty phrases and grimaces. It's in this smithy that our maturity is forged.

  Witold Gombrowicz

  Men, Phrases, Youth

  Witold Gombrowicz (2012). “Ferdydurke”, p.68, Yale University Press

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• The only sure way to maturity is through pain.

  Steve Saint

  Pain, Way

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• Being willing to delay pleasure for a greater result is a sign of maturity.

  Dave Ramsey

  Delay, Pleasure, Results

  Dave Ramsey (2009). “The Total Money Makeover: A Proven Plan for Financial Fitness”, p.17, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• One of the blessings of maturity is that it sometimes brings one greater courage to be truthful, regardless of what those who do not understand may think or say

  Napoleon Hill

  Blessing, Thinking, May

  Napoleon Hill (2015). “Think and grow rich: Brazilian edition”, p.189, CDG Edições e Publicações LTDA

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• One of the truest tests of spiritual maturity is seeing the miraculous in the monotonous.

  Mark Batterson

  Spiritual, Tests, Miraculous

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