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It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
What power had I
before I learned to yield?
Shatter me Great Wind!
I shall possess the field!
Richard Wilbur
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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.
Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.
Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values.
Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
Age is a very high price to pay for maturity.
One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it better.
One stops being a child when one realizes that telling one's trouble does not make it better.
Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play.
Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play.
Youth condemns; maturity condones.
Youth condemns; maturity condones.
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
