Ann Landers Quotes About Maturity

Quotes about: Maturity

• Maturity: Be able to stick with a job until it is finished. Be able to bear an injustice without having to get even. Be able to carry money without spending it. Do your duty without being supervised.

  Ann Landers

  Money, Jobs, Maturity

• Maturity is humility. It is being big enough to say, "I was wrong." And, when he/she is right, the mature person need not experience the satisfaction of saying, "I told you so."

  Ann Landers

  Humility, Maturity, Mature Person

• Maturity is the art of living in peace with that which cannot be changed, the courage to change that which should be changed, no matter what it takes, and the wisdom to know the difference.

  Ann Landers

  Art, Maturity, Differences

• Maturity is the ability to live in peace with that which we cannot change.

  Ann Landers

  Kindness, Maturity, Thoughtful

  Ann Landers (1979). “The Ann Landers Encyclopedia, A to Z: Improve Your Life Emotionally, Medically, Sexually, Socially, Spiritually”

• Maturity isn't a product of growing older. It's a product of growing wiser.

  Ann Landers

  Maturity, Growing, Wiser

• Maturity is the ability to control anger and settle differences without violence or destruction. The mature person can face unpleasantness, frustration, discomfort and defeat without collapsing or complaining. He/she knows he cannot have everything his/her own way every time. He/she is able to defer to circumstances, to other people-and to time. He/she knows when to compromise and is not too proud to do so.

  Ann Landers

  Maturity, Frustration, Mature Person

• Maturity is many things. It is the ability to base a judgment on the big picture, the long haul.

  Ann Landers

  Maturity, Long, Judgment

• Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it. Immature people spend their lives exploring endless possibilities and then doing nothing. Action requires courage. Without courage, little is accomplished.

  Ann Landers

  Maturity, People, Decision

• It means being able to resist the urge for immediate gratification and opt for the course of action that will pay off later.

  Ann Landers

  Mean, Maturity, Pay

• Maturity is the ability to harness your abilities and your energies and do more than is expected. The mature person refuses to settle for mediocrity. He/she would rather aim high and miss the mark than low-and make it.

  Ann Landers

  Maturity, Mature Person, Missing

• One of the characteristics of the young is "I want it now."

  Ann Landers

  Maturity, Want, Characteristics

• Grown-up people can wait.

  Ann Landers

  Maturity, People, Waiting

• Maturity is perseverance-the ability to sweat out a project or a situation, in spite of heavy opposition and discouraging setbacks, and stick with it until it is finished.

  Ann Landers

  Perseverance, Maturity, Sweat

• The adult who is constantly changing friends and changing mates is immature. He/she cannot stick it out because he/she has not grown up.

  Ann Landers

  Maturity, Immature, Adults

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