Maturity Quotes - Page 17

• 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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• There is a canyon of difference between doing your best to glorify God and doing whatever it takes to glorify yourself. The quest for excellence is a mark of maturity. The quest for power is childish.

  Max Lucado

  Differences, Excellence, Quests

  Max Lucado (2015). “Let the Journey Begin: Finding God's Best for Your Life”, p.77, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Modesty is the graceful, calm virtue of maturity; bashfulness the charm of vivacious youth.

  Mary Wollstonecraft

  Vivacious, Modesty, Calm

  Mary Wollstonecraft, Janet Todd (1999). “A Vindication of the Rights of Men; A Vindication of the Rights of Woman; An Historical and Moral View of the French Revolution”, p.200, Oxford Paperbacks

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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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• I was born 10 years old.

  Drew Barrymore

  Years, Born

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• It's not until recently that I could even imagine myself as an adult. But these kids today, they look at me like I'm Neil Young. Nirvana is the band their parents listen to.

  Dave Grohl

  Kids, Parent, Adults

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• “How does one grow up?” I asked a friend the other day. There was a slight pause; then she answered, “By thinking.”

  May Sarton

  Growing Up, Thinking, Doe

  "Journal of a Solitude".

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• ...God will be 'all in all' (I Cor. 15:28) when we are no longer what we are now, a multiplicity of impulses and emotions, with little or nothing of God in us, but are fully like God , with room for God and God alone. This is the 'maturity' (cf. Col. 1:28) towards which we speed.

  Gregory of Nazianzus

  Christian, Cfs, Littles

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• If you walk through life with ease and without any sense of entanglement, that is maturity.

  Jaggi Vasudev

  Life, Spiritual, Truth

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• Fine #‎ wine is a living liquid ... Its life comprises youth, maturity, old age, and death.

  Julia Child

  Wine, Age, Liquid

  Julia Child, Louisette Bertholle, Simone Beck (2011). “Mastering the Art of French Cooking”, p.91, Knopf

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• A close look at many churches will reveal that a central problem is the lack of biblical maturity among the men.

  Albert Mohler

  Biblical, Men, Church

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• Maturity is a compound of wisdom, goodwill, resilience, and creativity.

  J. I. Packer

  Creativity, Resilience, Compounds

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• One of the greatest indicators of our own spiritual maturity is revealed in how we respond to the weaknesses, the inexperience, and the potentially offensive actions of others.

  David A. Bednar

  Spiritual, Inexperience, Weakness

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