Quotes About Maturation

Wine had to be grapes first. Diamonds had to be rocks first. Butterflies had to be caterpillars first. Rainbows had to be storms first.

I'm like a slow starter. Everything I've done has built, or has taken a while.

As a child that is born into the world requires nourishment, so also the Christ that is born within is a babe and requires to be nourished to the full stature of manhood.

It's either not good enough and dies altogether, or it develops.

Their young go through a helpless grub stage, too, which lasts longer than some of them think.

There had been certain things I'd wanted badly in my childhood, and instead of getting them, I'd grown up; I did not want them any longer.

After growing wildly for years, the field of computing appears to be reaching its infancy.

all of life is a movement toward perfection

Do you want my one-word secret of happiness--it's growth--mental, financial, you name it.

I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year. Scout

I embraced my mother as well, gently, because I'd outgrown her at age twelve and if I squeezed her too tight, she might snap. You didn't crush flowers, you didn't squeeze birds, and you didn't break your mum.

Twelve years had changed Anne from the blooming, silent, unformed girl of fifteen, to the elegant little woman of seven-and-twenty, with every beauty except bloom, and with manners as consciously right as they were invariably gentle;

People and relationships never stop being a work in progress

My mom sees her sons as baby boys. Well, I stopped being her baby boy a long time ago.

Though they could be affectionate to other monkeys, few were able to mate as adults, and those who did have offspring were not able to take care of them properly. Clearly, the lack of normal response from their fake mothers, and their isolation from other monkeys, had made them socially backward. They

In my humble opinion, the ages 22 to about 27 are the most critical years of your adult life. It's your time to gestate in the cocoon of becoming.

Everything comes gradually and at its appointed hour.

You ought not to practice childish ways, since you are no longer that age.

The love we have in our youth is superficial compared to the love that an old man has for his old wife.

I find that the older I get, the clearer I want things to be. I think this is a natural symptom of maturation — as we age, mysteries pile up, and they're usually not the fun ones: Just how long do I have? Why do some people get what they deserve, and others don't? Why are certain problems so easy to solve, while others are totally impossible? Will they ever, ever bring working jetpacks to the marketplace?

My mom won't let anyone treat me like a little princess.

For a future buds in everything; Grown, or blown, Or about to break.

Words and phrases grew only slowly

We should not judge people by their peak of excellence; but by the distance they have traveled from the point where they started.