Physical maturity is bound to time. Spiritual maturity is bound to obedience. — John Bevere
Spiritual maturity does not mean that we will never make wrong plans. In fact, spiritual maturity often means having the courage to admit we've made the wrong plans. — Beth Moore
Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations. — Unknown
Maturity is the ability to think, speak and act your feelings within the bounds of dignity. The measure of your maturity is how spiritual you become during the midst of your frustrations. — Samuel Ullman
Spiritual maturity is not knowing what to do with your whole life, but just knowing what to do next. — Henri Nouwen
To me, growing into spiritual maturity is becoming less self-conscious and more God-conscious. — Mark Batterson
The proof of spiritual maturity is not how pure you are but awareness of your impurity. That very awareness opens the door to grace. — Philip Yancey
One of the greatest indicators of our own spiritual maturity is revealed in how we respond to the weaknesses, the inexperience, and the potentially offensive actions of others. — David A. Bednar
Spiritual practices help us move from identifying with the ego to identifying with the soul. Old age does that for you too. It spiritualizes people naturally. — Ram Dass
Maturity is the ability to prioritize values before feelings. — Mark Manson
The absence of consistent biblical worldview thinking is a key mark of spiritual immaturity. — Albert Mohler
Tolerance is a sign of growth on the spiritual path — Sivananda
Maturity is the ability to joyfully live in an imperfect world. — Richard Rohr
Maturity is achieved when a person postpones immediate pleasures for long-term values. — Joshua L. Liebman
Maturity is having the courage to use one's own intelligence! — Immanuel Kant
The one condition for spiritual progress is that we remain sincere and humble. — John Calvin
Maturity is the ability to live in peace with that which we cannot change. — Ann Landers
Self-knowledge is the first step to maturity. — Jane Austen
Maturity is the ability to postpone gratification. — Sigmund Freud
The main requirement for spiritual growth: A yearning to know who you really are. — Adyashanti
Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play. — Friedrich Nietzsche
Maturity is learning to walk away from people and situation that threaten your peace of mind, self respect, values, morals and self worth.
Love Maturity Quotes
Immature love says: 'I love you because I need you.' Mature love says 'I need you because I love you.' — Erich Fromm
Our maturity will be judged by how well we are able to agree to disagree and yet continue to love one another, to care for one another, and cherish one another and seek the greater good of the other. — Desmond Tutu
Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable. — Bruce Lee
Maturity is when you stop complaining and making excuses, and start making changes.
The quest for Love changes us. There is no seeker among those who search for Love who has not matured on the way. The moment you start looking for Love, you start to change within and without. — Shams Tabrizi
I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity. I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not - more important now was for me to love them. Feeling that way turns your whole life around; living becomes the act of giving. — Beverly Sills
Mature love is loving, not being loved. — Irvin D Yalom
Mature love is not a surrender of the self but a surrender to the self. The ego surrenders its hegemony of the personality to the heart, but in this surrender it is not annihilated. Rather it is strengthened because its roots in the body are nourished by the joy that the body feels. — Alexander Lowen
Emotional Maturity Quotes
The strength of your character is inversely correlated with how easy you are to offend. — Alex Hormozi
Emotional control isn’t a lack of emotion; it’s a necessary function of maturity. — Andrew Tate
God will test you because He wants you to mature. He wants you to develop a walk with Him that is not based on your fluctuating emotions, but on your commitment to Him as you learn to walk by faith. — Greg Laurie
Religion is belief in someone else's experience. Spirituality is having your own experience.
It's amazing to hear, as a voice matures and then starts to decline, what kind of emotion is still conveyed by a really good vocalist. — Tom Wopat
...God will be 'all in all' (I Cor. 15:28) when we are no longer what we are now, a multiplicity of impulses and emotions, with little or nothing of God in us, but are fully like God , with room for God and God alone. This is the 'maturity' (cf. Col. 1:28) towards which we speed. — Gregory of Nazianzus
Feeling uncomfortable about a situation is oftentimes the indicator that growth is about to take place. — Isaac Mashman
The emotionally mature individual should completely accept the fact that we live in a world of probability and chance, where there are not, nor probably ever will be, any absolute certainties, and should realize that it is not at all horrible, indeed—such a probabilistic, uncertain world. — Albert Ellis
No one grows up. That's one of the sickest lies they ever tell you. People change. People compromise. People get stranded in situations they don't want to be in… and they make the best of it. But don't try to tell me it's some kind of… glorious preordained ascent into emotional maturity. It's not. — Greg Egan
Level Of Maturity Quotes
Self-actualizing people are those who have come to a high level of maturation, health and self-fulfillment... the values that self-actualizers appreciate include truth, creativity, beauty, goodness, wholeness, aliveness, uniqueness, justice, simplicity, and self-sufficiency. — Abraham Maslow
A true initiate will never force anyone who has not reached a certain level of maturity to accept his truth. — Franz Bardon
The dueling maturity levels in high school is such a source of comedy to me. I was always such a late developer. I was last to walk. I was last to ride a bike. I was last to have sex. That's why it's fun to portray one side of your childhood onscreen. — Paul Feig
Maturity isn't a product of growing older. It's a product of growing wiser.
It is not a sign of weakness, but a sign of high maturity, to rise to the level of self-criticism. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I navigate through the world with the excitement and determination of a child. That's why I'm an artist. I'd die without an outlet for expression. Unfortunately, more often than not, that childlike energy is the maturity level I bring to many circumstances. — Kurt Sutter
When you realize that the real breakthroughs come from levels of higher consciousness, then you also realize that the achievement of maturity and wisdom is the most powerful generator of new beginnings possible. — Marianne Williamson
Happiness cannot be traveled to, owned, earned, worn or consumed. Happiness is the spiritual experience of living every minute with love, grace and gratitude.
I feel like I'm 18, with the maturity level of like a 14-year-old. I'm still the same goofball; I'm still in college, as far as I'm concerned. — Duff Goldman
I'm 18 in this album. I'm not losing fans, and I'm not disrepecting women, but you reach the maturity of taking it to the next level with a girl. It was only necessary for me to have at least one song like that. — Chris Brown
I think that shows a level of maturity and understanding that I think bodes well for getting to the bottom of this. But it is really up to you and your staff, on behalf of the American people, to take on that challenge. — David Kay
I think the heartbreak of September 11 - America's grief not only over the loss of life but also the loss of our own innocence - has expanded us as people because it has tenderized our hearts. On a psychological level, the American people have matured as a result of that awful day. — Marianne Williamson
Spiritual Development Quotes
It is the intense spirituality of India, and not any great political structure or social organisation that it has developed, that has enabled it to resist the ravages of time and the accidents of history. — Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan
Development is not about factories, dams and roads. Development is about people. The goal is material, cultural and spiritual fulfilment for the people. The human factor is of supreme value in development. — Rajiv Gandhi
You can map out a light plan or a life plan, but when the action starts, it may not go the way you planned, and you're down to the reflexes you developed in training. That's where roadwork shows - the training you did in the dark of the mornin' will show when you're under the bright lights. — Joe Frazier
To grow in unconditional love and in beauty, is spirituality.
Protest to be effective, must be followed by resolute action and at this crisis in world history when materialistic energy aims at overthrowing spiritual energy and moral values, action needs to develop into a world crusade for the Spiritual Humanity. — Vida Goldstein
Economy is the basis of society. When the economy is stable, society develops. The ideal economy combines the spiritual and the material, and the best commodities to trade in are sincerity and love. — Morihei Ueshiba
So the first reason for studying Scripture is that it is a means of spiritual growth. There is none apart from the Word. It is God's primary tool to develop you as an individual. — Howard G. Hendricks
. . . in the spiritual life you must practice. And the only way to practice is by trying to solve your problems with prayer. This develops your spiritual power and it also trains you to use that spiritual power in the most effective way. — Emmet Fox
It is not a church’s job to spiritually develop your children. Scripturally, it is the job of the parents. The church body is supposed to support parents in raising children, not replace them. — George Barna
Spiritual strongholds begin with a thought. One thought becomes a consideration. A consideration develops into an attitude, which leads then to action. Action repeated becomes a habit, and a habit establishes a "power base for the enemy," that is, a stronghold. — Elisabeth Elliot
He who is filled with love is filled with God himself. — Saint Augustine
Growth And Maturity Quotes
There’s a core assumption that growth is always good, is always unlimited, and is required for success. — Paul Jarvis
There comes a time when you have to grow up and start thinking for yourself. — Logan Paul
Everything goes through the cycle of birth, growth, maturation, decay and death. But all of this is an illusion. Everything we see is an illusion. — Frederick Lenz
One of the most important phases of maturing is that of growth from self-centering to an understanding relationship to others. A person is not mature until he has both an ability and a willingness to see himself as one among others and to do unto those others as he would have them do to him. — Harry A. Overstreet
Once established, an original river advances through its long life, manifesting certain peculiarities of youth, maturity and old age, by which its successive stages of growth may be recognized without much difficulty. — William Morris Davis
One of the most important phases of maturing is that of growth from self-centering to an understanding relationship to others. A person is not mature until he has both an ability and a willingness to see himself as one among others and to do unto those others as he would have them do to him. — Harry Allen Overstreet
To mature is in part to realize that while complete intimacy and omniscience and power cannot be had, self-transcendence, growth, and closeness to others are nevertheless within one's reach. — Sissela Bok
No mirror ever became iron again;
No bread ever became wheat;
No ripened grape ever became sour fruit.
Mature yourself and be secure from a change for the worse.
Become the light. — Rumi
Change takes time. It takes time for the seeds to begin growing within, time to understand and process, time for the growth to mature, and time for the old self to die and fall away. — Bryant H. McGill
My biggest achievement - besides being drafted into the NBA - was becoming a father. Being a father has made me experience things that have contributed to my maturity and personal growth. — Dwyane Wade
Maturity Quotes
Every new experience brings its own maturity and a greater clarity of vision. — Indira Gandhi
Age is just a number, maturity is a choice. — Harry Styles
To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly. — Henri Bergson
Indian men are still used to the traditional role given to women; they want intelligent girls for company but not to marry... they have yet to taste and relish the company of mature women. — Amrita Pritam
Likewise today, some Christians are content to merely exist until they die. They don't want to risk anything, to believe God, to grow or mature. They refuse to believe his Word, and have become hardened in their unbelief. Now they're living just to die. — David Wilkerson
Happiness is the result of inner maturity. It depends on us alone, and requires patient work, carried out from day to day. Happiness must be built, and this requires time and effort. In the long term, happiness and unhappiness are therefore a way of being, or a life skill. — Matthieu Ricard
Solitude is painful when one is young, but delightful when one is more mature. — Albert Einstein
No member of the animal kingdom nurses past maturity, no member of the animal kingdom ever did a thing to me. Its why I don't eat red meat or white fish, don't give me no blue cheese. Were all members of the animal kingdom, leave your brothers and sisters in the sea. — Prince
Age And Maturity Quotes
India has known the innocence and insouciance of childhood, the passion and abandon of youth, and the ripe wisdom of maturity that comes from long experience of pain and pleasure; and over and over a gain she has renewed her childhood and youth and age — Jawaharlal Nehru
In football, you have to grow up quickly, and you’re generally more mature than other people your age. — Harry Kane
Your age doesn't define your maturity; your grades don't define your ability; and what people say about you doesn't define who you are. — Nicky Gumbel
The secret of genius is to carry the spirit of childhood into maturity. — Thomas Huxley
Most people don't grow up. Most people age. They find parking spaces, honor their credit cards, get married, have children, and call that maturity. What that is, is aging. — Maya Angelou
Up to one's last breath, one may retain the simple joys of childhood, the poetic ecstasies of the young person, the enthusiasms of maturity. Right to the end, one may intoxicate one's spirit with flowers, with beauty and with smiles. — Eliphas Levi
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. — J. D. Salinger
A truly great book should be read in youth, again in maturity and once more in old age, as a fine building should be seen by morning light, at noon and by moonlight. — Robertson Davies
People say, "Age is just a number." A lot of times it's not just a number. It's actually a real and true sign of someone's maturity. But in this case, she's fantastic. — Henry Cavill
People mature with age and experience. I hope I more resemble a fine wine than bad vinegar. — Rick Kaplan
Spiritual Growth Quotes
You alone are the judge of your worth and your goal is to discover infinite worth in yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks. — Deepak Chopra
We may speak of love and humility as the true flowers of spiritual growth; and they give off a wonderful scent, which benefits all those who come near. — Teresa of Avila
Thought breeds thought; children familiar with great thoughts take as naturally to thinking for themselves as the well-nourished body takes to growing; and we must bear in mind that growth, physical, intellectual, moral, spiritual, is the sole end of education. — Charlotte Mason
Physical strength (hard work), mental strength (perseverance) and spiritual strength (love & acceptance) are the keys to continuous growth. — Rickson Gracie
I must be willing to give up what I am in order to become what I will be. — Albert Einstein
Love is the will to extend one's self for the purpose of nurturing one's own or another's spiritual growth... Love is as love does. Love is an act of will -- namely, both an intention and an action. Will also implies choice. We do not have to love. We choose to love. — M. Scott Peck
The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart — Rumi
Whatever relationships you have attracted in your life at this moment, are precisely the ones you need in your life at this moment. There is a hidden meaning behind all events, and this hidden meaning is serving your own evolution. — Deepak Chopra
The quickest way to change your attitude toward pain is to accept the fact that everything that happens to us has been designed for our spiritual growth. — M. Scott Peck
Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God. Some people mature into an understanding of God’s will more quickly than others because they obey more readily; they more readily sacrifice the life of nature to the will of God. — Oswald Chambers
When a person becomes a Christian, he doesn’t just join a local church because it’s a good habit for growing in spiritual maturity. He joins a local church because it’s the expression of what Christ has made him—a member of the body of Christ. — Mark Dever
Experience life in all possible ways -- good-bad, bitter-sweet, dark-light, summer-winter. Experience all the dualities. Don't be afraid of experience, because the more experience you have, the more mature you become. — Osho
Every guy is going to realize that every relationship is an opportunity for growth. — Corey Wayne
Age is no guarantee of maturity. — Lawana Blackwell
Our early interests are fragile, vaguely defined, and in need of energetic, years-long cultivation and refinement. — Angela Duckworth
Christians who neglect the Bible simply do not mature. — John Stott
I believe that used responsibly and in a mature way, the entheogens mediate access to the numinous dimensions of existence, have a great healing and transformative potential, and represent a very important tool for spiritual development. — Stanislav Grof
Falling in love you remain a child; rising in love you mature. By and by love becomes not a relationship, it becomes a state of your being. Not that you are in love - now you are love. — Osho
Spiritual maturity is not reached by the passing of the years, but by obedience to the will of God. — Oswald Chambers
Spiritual maturity is measured not by the sophistication of a person's opinions, but by their genuineness and the courage necessary to express and maintain them. — Caroline Myss
As we mature spiritually, we exhibit a growing capacity to care for and appreciate one another in the body of Christ, regardless of our differences. — Joseph Stowell
If broken lives and souls are to be healed, it must begin with teaching the practice of the presence... To abide in the presence of the Lord is to begin to hear Him. To follow through on that hearing is to find healing, self-acceptance, and growth into psychological and spiritual balance and maturity. — Leanne Payne
Spiritual maturity is measured in terms of persevering faith, not perfect behavior — Andy Stanley
The Bible is the divine means of developing spiritual maturity. There is no other way. — Howard G. Hendricks
A spiritual teaching is a finger pointing toward Reality; it is not Reality itself. To be in a true and mature relationship with a spiritual teaching requires you to apply it, not simply believe in it. — Adyashanti
Spiritual maturity is marked by being comfortable with the unpredictability of God. — Erwin W. Lutzer
One of the truest tests of spiritual maturity is seeing the miraculous in the monotonous. — Mark Batterson
The thoughtful believer recalls God's faithfulness in the past when confronted by any new threat. Part of spiritual maturity is strong sense of one's own history. — Max Anders
Journeys at youth are part of the education; but at maturity, are part of the experience. — Francis Bacon
Bible study is essential to spiritual maturity. — Howard G. Hendricks
Any mature, spiritually sensitive view of marriage must be built on the foundation of mature love rather than romanticism. But this immediately casts us into a countercultural pursuit. — Gary L. Thomas
Real success is gaining the ability to face situations in life with maturity. — Mata Amritanandamayi
So often among so-called "primitives" one comes across spiritual personalities who immediately inspire respect, as though they were the fully matured products of an undisturbed fate. — Carl Jung
In spiritual maturity, the opposite of injustice is not justice but compassion. — Joko Beck
Those who have matured spiritually, now put service to others at the center of their quest and of their lives. — Arianna Huffington
People are anxious to save up financial means for old age; they should also be anxious to prepare a spiritual means for old age.... Wisdom, maturity, tranquility do not come all of a sudden when we retire. — Abraham Joshua Heschel
Today is a day for sober and mature reflection, not glee. Mindless celebration is both spiritually inappropriate and politically naive. — Marianne Williamson
Spiritual maturity is a lifelong pursuit. We grow in spiritual maturity moment by moment, day by day, year by year. — Jim George
Aloneness is a wise teacher. Kierkegaard remarked that one sign of spiritual maturity was the ability to be comfortable when alone. — Vernon Howard
Biblical convictions are essential for spiritual growth and maturity. What is ironic today is that people often have strong convictions about weak issues (football, fashion, etc.) while having weak convictions about major issues (what is right and what is wrong). — Rick Warren
There are no shortcuts to spiritual maturity. It takes time to be holy. — Erwin W. Lutzer
True love is not a potion one person can swallow and another refuse to drink. It happens only when the souls of two join together to form one — P. C. Cast
If you walk through life with ease and without any sense of entanglement, that is maturity. — Jaggi Vasudev
I often found myself prefering the company of people outside my congregation, men and women who did not follow Jesus. Or worse, preferring the company of my sovereign self. But soon I found that my preferences were honored by neither Scripture nor Jesus. I didn't come to the conviction easily, but finally there was no getting around it: there can be no maturity in the spiritual life, no obedience in following Jesus, no wholeness in the Christian life apart from immersion and embrace of community. I am not myself by myself. Community, not the highly vaunted individualism of our culture, is the setting in which Christ is at play. — Eugene Peterson
The skills needed to thrive in the higher-realms are more spiritual, personal and mature. — Bryant H. McGill
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