M Quotes
Browse famous quotes beginning with M. This page is a child index of the full Popular Quotes A-Z directory.
“Maturity is a bitter disappointment for which no remedy exists, unless laughter could be said to remedy anything.”
“Maturity is a compound of wisdom, goodwill, resilience, and creativity.”
“Maturity is a high price to pay for growing up.”
Source: Tom Stoppard Plays 2: The Dissolution of Dominic Boot; 'M' is for Moon Among Other Things; If You're Glad I'll Be Frank; Albert's Bridge; Where Are They Now?; Artist Descending a Staircase; The Dog It Was That Died; In the Native State; On 'Dover Beach'
“Maturity is a series of shattered illusions.”
“Maturity is a stage of life when you don't see eye to eye but can walk arm in arm.”
“Maturity is about Challenging yourself and Improving!
And then taking that experience to help others.”
“Maturity is about dealing with calmness with immature people.”
Source: Quantraz
“Maturity is accepting the responsibility and totally understanding what responsibility means. So when we say, accept the responsibility for your attitude, we mean (1) become aware of how you think and how you feel; and (2) if there is any negativity, or if it is simply not as you want to feel then change it to make it right.”
“Maturity is achieved when a person accepts life as full of tension.”
“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.”
“Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.”
“Maturity is being open-minded of a person's relationships.”
“Maturity is developed by respecting others and accepting responsibility for violating that respect.”
“Maturity is doing what you think is best, even when your mother thinks it's a good idea.”
“Maturity is for serious people. Let us be immature and have endless fun.”
“Maturity is having the ability to escape categorization.”
“Maturity is having the courage to use one's own intelligence!”
“Maturity is highly overrated.”
Source: Werewolves: Book One: Bitten, Stolen and Beginnings
“Maturity is humility. It is being big enough to say, "I was wrong." And, when he/she is right, the mature person need not experience the satisfaction of saying, "I told you so."”
“Maturity is knowing when and where we can show our attitude”
Source: My Quest For Happy Life
“Maturity is largely about acquiring the confidence and the competence to make your own decisions.”
Source: The Winter of Our Disconnect: How Three Totally Wired Teenagers (and a Mother Who Slept with Her iPhone)Pulled the Plug on Their Technology and Lived to Tell the Tale
“Maturity is learning not to be run by your emotions. You control your emotions; they don't control you.”
Source: Cursing the Church or Helping It?: Exposing the Spirit of Balaam
“Maturity is many things. It is the ability to base a judgment on the big picture, the long haul.”
“Maturity is measured not by age, but by the quality of your self-reflection.”
“Maturity is most rapid in the low latitudes, where pineapples and women most do thrive.”
“Maturity is not about staying silent. It is about knowing what to say and when to say it.”
Source: Life Simplified: Quote - Unquote
“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.”
“Maturity is not just the ability to do critical thinking but also the ability to listen to others, who might have also done their critical thinking or maybe never did”
“Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.”
“Maturity is only a short break in adolescence.”
“Maturity is perseverance-the ability to sweat out a project or a situation, in spite of heavy opposition and discouraging setbacks, and stick with it until it is finished.”
“Maturity is produced through relationships and community.”
“Maturity is reached the day we don't need to be lied to about anything.”
Source: The girl from Storyville
“Maturity is realizing that there are no true endings, only movements when we choose to stop,”
“Maturity is simply the process of discovering that everything you believed in when you were young is false and that all the things you refused to believe in turn out to be true.”
“Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence or destruction. The mature person can face unpleasantness, frustration, discomfort and defeat without collapsing or complaining. He/she knows he cannot have everything his/her own way every time. He/she is able to defer to circumstances, to other people-and to time. He/she knows when to compromise and is not too proud to do so.”
“Maturity is the ability to control your anger and settle your differences without violence or resentment.
Maturity is patience; it’s the willingness to pass up short-term pleasure for long-term gain. It’s the ability to “sweat it out” in spite of heavy opposition or discouraging setbacks. It’s the capacity to face unpleasantness and frustration without complaining or collapsing.
Maturity is humility. It’s being big enough to say, “I was wrong,” and when you are right, never needing to say, “I told you so.”
Maturity is the ability to make a decision and follow through with it instead of exploring endless possibilities and doing nothing about any of them.
Maturity means dependability, keeping your word, and coming through in a crisis. The immature are masters of alibi; they’re the confused and the disorganised. Their lives are a maze of broken promises, former friends, unfinished business, and good intentions.
Maturity is the art of being at peace with what you can’t change, having the courage to change what you can, and the wisdom to know the difference.”
“Maturity is the ability to do a job whether you're supervised or not; finish a job once it's started; carry money without spending it; and the ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even.”
“Maturity is the ability to harness your abilities and your energies and do more than is expected. The mature person refuses to settle for mediocrity. He/she would rather aim high and miss the mark than low-and make it.”
“Maturity is the ability to joyfully live in an imperfect world.”
Source: Job and the Mystery of Suffering: Spiritual Reflections
“Maturity is the ability to live fully and equally in multiple contexts; most especially, the ability, despite our grief and losses, to courageously inhabit the past the present and the future all at once.”
Source: Consolations: The Solace, Nourishment and Underlying Meaning of Everyday Words
“Maturity is the ability to live in peace with that which we cannot change.”
Source: The Ann Landers Encyclopedia, A to Z: Improve Your Life Emotionally, Medically, Sexually, Socially, Spiritually
“Maturity is the ability to live in someone else's world.”
“Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it.”
“Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it. Immature people spend their lives exploring endless possibilities and then doing nothing. Action requires courage. Without courage, little is accomplished.”
“Maturity is the ability to postpone gratification.”
“Maturity is the ability to reap without apology and not complain when things don't go well.”
“Maturity is the ability to relate appropriately to other realities than one's own.”
“Maturity is the ability to see things as they are, the measure of learning from every situation, an attitude of one’s understanding, taking 100% responsibility of your life, growing up and moving forward.”
“Maturity is the ability to sort the portions of truth from the accepted lies and self-deceptions that you have grown up with.”
Source: Rite of passage