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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.
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.
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
When I grow up I want to be a little boy.
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.
Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
Maturity of mind is the capacity to endure uncertainty.
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: The ability to stick with a job until it's finished; The ability to do a job without being read more
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