It takes maturity and practice and patience to spread chunky peanut butter evenly on crumbly bread.

It is so many years before one can believe enough in what one feels even to know what the feeling is

One must always be aware, to notice—even though the cost of noticing is to become responsible.

The older I get, the more I realize that I am not just the student, but I am my own teacher as well.

Scars fade with time. And the ones that never go away, well, they build character, maturity, caution.

A man is at his youngest when he thinks he is a man, not yet realizing that his actions must show it.

Being popular or not, having company or being alone, are not issues of concern for the developed soul.

Maturity is about Challenging yourself and Improving!And then taking that experience to help others...

She was intelligent enough to realize that her excitement was childish, but not mature enough to care.

The height of your maturity and sagacity depends on your ability to see the beauty in ugly situations.

I don't care that you are not a young twink. I like to think that I'm picking you at your peak.

Some part of getting a second chance is taking responsibility for the mess you made in the first place.

The goal of a life purpose is not what you will create, but what it will make you into for creating it.

We both have a lot of growing-up to do... A lot of the world to see & figure out on our own." -- Leo

Growing up doesn't mean that you are older than someone, it means that you are no longer an amateur.