Best Adulting Quotes | Short & Famous Sayings

“He thought you were real until he met the realest. That's why he doesn't eff with you like that anymore. We aren't talking about anyone's boyfriend. We are talking about that man who thought you were his friend until he met a friend. Stop being a messy bird.”

Friends Confidence Loyalty Gossip Messy Friendships Grow Up Adulting

Author:Niedria D. Kenny

“Sadie didn't know why she bothered. You would think women would want to stick together when there weren't that many of them, but they never did. It was as if being a woman was a disease that you didn't want to catch. As long as you didn't associate with the other women you could imply to the majority, the men: I'm not like those other ones. - Sadie Green”

Women Relationships Adulting

Book:Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

Source: Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow

“Shout out to everyone transcending a mindset, mentality, desire, belief, emotion, habit, behavior or vibration, that no longer serves them.”

“Enfant, je t'en voulais de ne pas dire, de ne pas faire. Adulte, je comprends enfin que tu ne sais juste pas dire, tu ne sais juste pas faire.”

Silence Adulting Father Son Relationship

Book:La prochaine fois que tu mordras la poussière

Source: La prochaine fois que tu mordras la poussière

“And I think we got it all wrong. Growing up isn’t so much about gaining wisdom as it is collecting a list of things we've lost interest in. The passions that once burned brightly dim with the years, not because they’re less important, but because familiarity breeds contentment—or perhaps complacency.”

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Book:We Are Everyone

Source: We Are Everyone

“Our Peter Pan generation is unhappy. All our lives, we want to grow up— to be treated like adults, to have freedom to choose. Then we get here and it turns out being an adult sucks. We pay the bills and taxes, watching others succeed while we are forever waiting for our turn. We believe we are special, but nothing special has come our way.”

Life Wisdom Growing Up Adulting Generation Y

Book:What I Wish I Had Known

Source: What I Wish I Had Known

“Growing up is never easy. We think it happens when you reach a certain age, accomplish a goal, acquire a house, or reach a milestone, but it doesn’t stop.”

Life Change Growing Up Adulting

Book:Rewriting My Happily Ever After: A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery

Source: Rewriting My Happily Ever After: A Memoir of Divorce and Discovery

“Instead of saying there has to me more to the story, expecting me to give you something that you think you already know, why don't you just ask the question. If there is more to the story, there has to be another question, right?”

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Author:Niedria Kenny

“(…) That’s how you become an adult. No one thought the examine the bruises inside her. The incident had nothing to do with her, in other people’s lives, and not one of them suspected it had damaged her.”

Suffering Relatable Adulting

Author:Choi Eunyoung

“And I still don’t know what I would do next. I still don’t know how to become an adult. But I know for sure that my parents would be proud of me, proud of their three daughters, no matter what path we choose. And it doesn’t matter if we get lost or choose the wrong path, because what matters is choosing to get back up once again.”

Life Wisdom Inspiration Learning Adulting

Book:What I Wish I Had Known

Source: What I Wish I Had Known

“I need to tell you that too many among us die at thirty and are buried at eighty. So, I do get you. You hoped things would be different. More interesting. More exciting. More fulfilling, special and magical.”

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Book:The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life.

Source: The 5 AM Club: Own Your Morning. Elevate Your Life.

“And she wondered, for the first time, if the real shame was not in growing up, but in never being able to”

Growing Up Childhood Adulting

Book:These Deathless Shores

Source: These Deathless Shores

“You grow, not because you do, but because you have to.”

Growing Up Getting Old Hard Life Adulting Becoming An Adult Having To

Author:Dominic Riccitello

“Peter: If I grow up, I-I'll have to get a job in an office and marry a girl and shave my face and buy a house... and have children and keep pets and be responsible and drive a car and nothing will ever be fun again.”

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Book:Peter Pan

Source: Peter Pan

“Tot ce-ai să fii când te faci mare vei fi tot tu, dar cu haine ceva mai mari și încălțări mai grele.”

Growing Up Adulting

Book:Se îndoaie după vânt

Source: Se îndoaie după vânt

“The page of girlhood had been turned, as by an unseen finger, and the page of womanhood was before her with all its charm and mystery, its pain and gladness.”

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Author:L.M Montogmery

“We want to be adults so bad, that one day we'll grow up and actually be them. And then wish we were kids again, because the adult life ain't no fucking joke." -Ridley's secret thoughts.”

Growing Up Adults Adulthood Adulting

Book:Dirty Mother

Source: Dirty Mother

“These are the years when the man changes into the man he’s gonna become for the rest of his life.”

Growth Manhood Adulting

Author:Uncle Ben, Movie Spider-Man 1

“You can be the person who puts the 'kick me' sign on the back, or be the person that watches it happen and does nothing, or you can be the person who takes the sign off. That's it. Every day, every moment of your life, you're making this choice. Life doesn't stop for it, challenges don't make way for it, the choice is there and you own it. Welcome to adulting.”

Life Lessons Courage Integrity Bullying Harassment Adulting

Author:Kris Rafferty

“I reach into the abyss and find my manners.”

Manners Civility Adulting

Book:Small Great Things

Source: Small Great Things

“If you're going to be a grown-up,” said Joan, “you've got to start thinking about grown-up things. And number one is money.”

Money Adults Priorities Responsibilities Adulting

Book:The Only Story

Source: The Only Story

“Les parents ne doivent jamais perdre de vue que leur rôle est d'aider leur enfant à gagner la plus grande autonomie possible.”

Independence Parenting Adulting

Book:Vivre avec un maniaco-dépressif (Documents)

Source: Vivre avec un maniaco-dépressif (Documents)

“If you beat yourself up too much over what you can't control, it's a sure way to burn out... or worse.”

Acceptance Letting Go Self Worth Adulting Ataraxy

Book:Schooled

Source: Schooled

“I never thought I’d need to teach myself how to nap, but here I am—an adult who finally figured it out.”

Life Lessons Mindfulness Mental Health Personal Growth Wellness Self Care Relaxation Rest Naps Adulting

Book:Subversive Acts of Humanity : A Survival Guide for Choosing Evolution over Self-Destruction

Source: Subversive Acts of Humanity : A Survival Guide for Choosing Evolution over Self-Destruction

“...whatever it did, it created people who are not well constructed to do shit.”

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Author:Bret Weinstein

“Not now, imp. We have many dull adult things to do.”

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Book:The Prisoner’s Throne

Source: The Prisoner’s Throne

“The days were like grown-up people, the mornings always young.”

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Author:Halldór Laxness

“When you're a child you long to be an adult and decide everything for yourself, but when you're an adult you realize that's the worst part of it. That you have to have opinions all the time, you have to decide which party to vote for and what wallpaper you like and what your sexual preferences are and which flavour yoghurt best reflects your personality. You have to make choices and be chosen by others, every second, the whole time.”

Childhood Adulting Adult Life

Book:Anxious People

Source: Anxious People

“You try all your life to be an adult, but something deep down inside you will always be that child.”

Childhood Adulthood Inner Child Adulting Adult Life We Are All Children Big Children

Book:To Throw Away Unopened

Source: To Throw Away Unopened

“Don't worry about any of this stuff, okay? It's all just adult junk that doesn't mean anything.”

Childhood Adolescence Adulting

Book:This One Summer

Source: This One Summer

“You're a grown man now, Nathan. I'm sorry for any problems you have, but part of being an adult is to stop blaming your parents for whatever shortcomings you have. That's pretty basic.”

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Book:The Lizard Laughed

Source: The Lizard Laughed

“Adulthood is like looking both ways to cross a street only to get hit by a falling object. Unpredictable and headache inducing." - fact of life.”

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Book:Bad Apple

Source: Bad Apple

“Goodbye, New York," I whispered, my voice barely audible against the soft rustling of the leaves. It wasn't a permanent farewell, merely a temporary separation, but it still tugged at my heartstrings. With all its noise, chaos, beauty, and ugliness, this city was a part of me.”

Hope Love Quotes And Sayings Goodbye Book Quotes Adulting

Book:The Last Snowfall

Source: The Last Snowfall

“Adulting is too hard. Let's play something else.”

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Author:Tanya Masse

“No longer were tears and fear and uncertainty seen as just a child who was scared; now they were a pathetic excuse for an adult. No longer were my sensory issues seen as those of a little girl with extra support needs; now I was an adult who was noncompliant and a burden.”

Adulthood Neurodivergence Adulting Emotional Dysregulation

Book:Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After

Source: Different, Not Less: A Neurodivergent's Guide to Embracing Your True Self and Finding Your Happily Ever After

“He is malfunctioning, It's true. It's a shame that it's true, but it is. The question is what is the cause of the effect, or rather, the defect.”

Love Hate Relationships Technology Fate Men And Women Parents And Children Adulting

Book:Hamlet, Prince of Robots

Source: Hamlet, Prince of Robots

“...I do all of her money because literally she would just have millions of pounds of sand delivered to her parents' house." "It's free shipping! Rose. It's free shipping on six hundren thousand pounds of sand. Like, how does that even make sense? Just think of how hard it would be for them to get rid of it!”

Love Hate Relationships Fate Irony Parents And Children Adulting

Book:Margo's Got Money Troubles

Source: Margo's Got Money Troubles

“I'M MAINTAINING MY DISTANCE TO RETAIN MY SWEETNESS!”

Spiritual Quotes Beyonce Adulting Hopenation Social Distance Summer Reading Friend In Your Pocket

Author:Qwana M. "BabyGirl" Reynolds-Frasier

“I realized I would be forced to run away from home if someone tried to arrange a marriage for me. I didn't want to think about it.”

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Book:The Pearl Thief

Source: The Pearl Thief

“Adulting is serious stuff. Yes, it is cool to be independent and getting to do your own thing. But with freedom comes responsibility. Where you are not just responsible for taking care of yourself or earning enough to pay your bills, but you are also responsible for facing Life and dealing with its upheavals and surprises. There are no right or wrong ways to face Life. Everyone has to do what they believe they have to do at a particular moment and keep going. Eventually, you will figure out why what happened to you was part of your own myth unfolding. So, if you are a young adult and are up against a wall, keep the faith and keep walking. Doors will always open, the path will always appear...”

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Author:AVIS Viswanathan

“..We got a dog, followed shortly by another dog. Because two dogs is not just an accidental dog; it's intentional dog ownership.”

Adulting Dog Owners

Book:I Miss You When I Blink: Essays

Source: I Miss You When I Blink: Essays

“There’s a quote that has been said too many times by too many people: I must have done something right to deserve you in my life. Perhaps despite all our wrong doings and mistakes, despite all our failures and imperfections, we have done something right, for something good still happens in life.”

Life Inspirational Learning Mistakes Failures Adulting

Book:What I Wish I Had Known

Source: What I Wish I Had Known