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  Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well.

  Jim Rohn

  Inspirational, Apology, Greatness

  FaceBook post by Jim Rohn from Oct 24, 2016

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• The child's personality is a product of slow gradual growth. His nervous system matures by stages and natural sequences. He sits before he stands; he babbles before he talks; he fabricates before he tells the truth; he draws a circle before he draws a square; he is selfish before he is altruistic; he is dependent on others before he achieves dependence on self. All of his abilities, including his morals, are subject to laws of growth. The task of child care is not to force him into a predetermined pattern but to guide his growth.

  Arnold Gesell

  Baby, Children, Selfish

  Arnold Gesell, Frances Lillian Ilg (1951). “Infant and Child in the Culture of Today: The Guidance of Development in Home and Nursery School (From the Former Clinic of Child Development, School of Medicine at Yale University)”

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• Maturity is not equated with independence though it includes a certain capacity for independence...The independence of the mature person is simply that he does not collapse when he has to stand alone. It is not an independence of needs for other persons with whom to have relationship: that would not be desired by the mature.

  Nancy Chodorow

  Mature Person, Independence, Desire

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• Maturity comes in three stages: dependence, independence and interdependence

  Jenna Jameson

  Independence, Three, Stage

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  The greatest day in your life and mine is when we take total responsibility for our attitudes. That's the day we truly grow up.

  John C. Maxwell

  Inspirational, Spiritual, Growing Up

  John C. Maxwell (2010). “Maxwell 2in1 (Developing the Leader w/in You/Developing Leaders Around You)”, p.103, Harper Collins

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• Maturity is having the courage to use one's own intelligence!

  Immanuel Kant

  Wisdom, Use

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• There is no such thing as maturity. There is instead an ever-evolving process of maturing. Because when there is a maturity, there is a conclusion and a cessation. That’s the end. That’s when the coffin is closed. You might be deteriorating physically in the long process of aging, but your personal process of daily discovery is ongoing. You continue to learn more and more about yourself every day.

  Bruce Lee

  Discovery, Long, Might

  "The Warrior Within : The Philosophies of Bruce Lee" by John Little, (p. 131), 1996.

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  I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.

  Albert Einstein

  Inspirational, Lonely, Clever

  Albert Einstein (2011). “Out of My Later Years: The Scientist, Philosopher, and Man Portrayed Through His Own Words”, p.7, Open Road Media

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  Maturity is the ability to joyfully live in an imperfect world.

  Richard Rohr

  Imperfect World, A Perfect World, Ability

  Richard Rohr (1996). “Job and the Mystery of Suffering: Spiritual Reflections”, p.177, Gracewing Publishing

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• The art of living is the art of bringing dreams and reality together.

  Tom Hodgkinson

  Dream, Art, Reality

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• Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.

  Thomas A. Edison

  Time, Insightful, Unjust

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• To love someone properly probably means that you won’t be very popular. Pure love, loving the way it was intended, is unfortunately a foreign concept to many. Love is messy. Love will involve hardship, demand patience, require forgiveness, test maturity, strain friendship, challenge priorities, refine character, ignite the heart and unleash the soul. Love is not something you sing about, it’s the reason you sing. Love is not something you write about, it’s the reason you write. Love is not something you live to find, it’s the reason that you are alive.

  Mark Hart

  Love, Forgiveness, Patience

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• Maturity, the way I understand it, is knowing what your limitations are.

  Kurt Vonnegut

  Knowing, Way, Limitation

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• My Father taught me how to be a man – and not by instilling in me a sense of machismo or an agenda of dominance. He taught me that a real man doesn’t take, he gives; he doesn’t use force, he uses logic; doesn’t play the role of trouble-maker, but rather, trouble-shooter; and most importantly, a real man is defined by what’s in his heart, not his pants.

  Kevin Smith

  Inspirational, Father, Real

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• Age is no guarantee of maturity.

  Lawana Blackwell

  Inspirational, Growing Up, Getting Older

  Lawana Blackwell (2007). “Courtship of the Vicar's Daughter, The”, p.23, Bethany House

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• To gain credibility, you must consistently demonstrate three things: Initiative: You have to get up to go up. Sacrifice: You have to give up to go up. Maturity: You have to grow up to go up. If you show the way, people will want to follow you. The higher you go, the greater the number of people who will be willing to travel with you.

  John C. Maxwell

  Motivational, Leadership, Giving Up

  John C. Maxwell (2015). “The Leadership Handbook: 26 Critical Lessons Every Leader Needs”, p.4, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Maturity begins when we're content to feel we're right about something without feeling the necessity to prove someone else wrong.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Inspirational, Feelings, Blame

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• It is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of high maturity, to rise to the level of self-criticism.

  Martin Luther King, Jr.

  Self, Criticism, Levels

  Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. (2010). “Where Do We Go from Here: Chaos or Community?”, p.151, Beacon Press

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• Show me a man with both feet on the ground and I'll show you a man who can't get his pants on.

  Joe E. Lewis

  Men, Gnarly, Feet

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• Maturity is the ability to live in peace with that which we cannot change.

  Ann Landers

  Kindness, Thoughtful, Ability

  Ann Landers (1979). “The Ann Landers Encyclopedia, A to Z: Improve Your Life Emotionally, Medically, Sexually, Socially, Spiritually”

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• The rate at which a person can mature is directly proportional to the embarrassment he can tolerate.

  Douglas Engelbart

  Funny, Life, Motivational

  "Computerworld". Book by Douglas Engelbart, p.42, June 22, 1992.

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• Immaturity is the incapacity to use one's intelligence without the guidance of another.

  Immanuel Kant

  Divine Guidance, Intelligence, Immature

  "Answering the Question: What is Enlightenment?" by Immanuel Kant, translated by Lewis White Beck, 1784.

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• Relationships are the hallmark of the mature person.

  Brian Tracy

  Relationship, Money, Mature Person

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• Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.

  Ann Landers

  Money, Jobs, Able

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• Maturity includes the recognition that no one is going to see anything in us that we don't see in ourselves. Stop waiting for a producer. Produce yourself.

  Marianne Williamson

  Inspirational, Empowering, Waiting

  "The Writer's Workout: 366 Tips, Tasks, & Techniques From Your Writing Career Coach". Book by Christina Katz, 2011.

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