<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Maturity - Maxioms.com</title><description>Quotes, Famous Quotes, Sayings, Proverbs, Maxims, Axioms, Maxioms</description><link>http://maxioms.com</link><language>en-us</language><copyright>Copyright 2026 Maxioms.com. All Rights Reserved.</copyright><item><title><![CDATA[By the age of twenty, any young man should know whether or not he is to be a specialist and ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26589]]></link><description><![CDATA[By the age of twenty, any young man should know whether or not he is to be a specialist and just where his tastes lie. By postponing the question we have set on immaturity a premium which controls most American personality to its deathbed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26589</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26590]]></link><description><![CDATA[Only the middle-aged have all their five senses in the keeping of their wits.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26590</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maturity is the time of life when, if you had the time, you'd have the time of your life. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26591]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maturity is the time of life when, if you had the time, you'd have the time of your life.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26591</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[What power had Ibefore I learned to yield?Shatter me Great Wind!I shall possess the field!Richard Wilbura stanza from his poem ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26588]]></link><description><![CDATA[What power had Ibefore I learned to yield?Shatter me Great Wind!I shall possess the field!Richard Wilbura stanza from his poem To A Milkweed.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26588</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26578]]></link><description><![CDATA[Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26578</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Adults are obsolete children. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26579]]></link><description><![CDATA[Adults are obsolete children.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26579</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26580]]></link><description><![CDATA[My experience is that as soon as people are old enough to know better, they don't know anything at all.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26580</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[You're never too old to grow up. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26581]]></link><description><![CDATA[You're never too old to grow up.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26581</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26582]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maturity is often more absurd than youth and very frequently is most unjust to youth.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26582</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26583]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26583</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[When I grow up I want to be a little boy. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26584]]></link><description><![CDATA[When I grow up I want to be a little boy.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26584</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it better. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26586]]></link><description><![CDATA[One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it better.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26586</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26587]]></link><description><![CDATA[The immature man wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mature man wants to live humanely for one.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26587</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26573]]></link><description><![CDATA[To make mistakes is human; to stumble is commonplace; to be able to laugh at yourself is maturity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26573</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26574]]></link><description><![CDATA[The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of a mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26574</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26576]]></link><description><![CDATA[It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26576</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Youth condemns; maturity condones. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26577]]></link><description><![CDATA[Youth condemns; maturity condones.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26577</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maturity is: The ability to stick with a job until it's finished; The ability to do a job without being ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26570]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maturity is: The ability to stick with a job until it's finished; The ability to do a job without being supervised; The ability to carry money without spending it; and The ability to bear an injustice without wanting to get even]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26570</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26571]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26571</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26572]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26572</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[A mature person is one who is does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even ...]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26567]]></link><description><![CDATA[A mature person is one who is does not think only in absolutes, who is able to be objective even when deeply stirred emotionally, who has learned that there is both good and bad in all people and all things, and who walks humbly and deals charitably]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26567</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26568]]></link><description><![CDATA[I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/26568</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22543]]></link><description><![CDATA[Maturity begins to grow when you can sense your concern for others outweighing your concern for yourself.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22543</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22029]]></link><description><![CDATA[It is sad to grow old but nice to ripen.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/22029</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[Age is a very high price to pay for maturity. ]]></title><link><![CDATA[http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1740]]></link><description><![CDATA[Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.]]></description><guid>http://maxioms.com/maxiom/1740</guid></item></channel></rss>