"You don't tell a boy that he is a boy. You simply act like a man."

Mokokoma Mokhonoana, South African Philosopher

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"Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today."

Thomas Jefferson, American President

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"The American male doesn't mature until he has exhausted all other possibilities."

Wilfrid Sheed, English Novelist

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"The church is to help its members mature in Christ's calling."

Sunday Adelaja, Nigerian Author

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"You will come to know things that can only be known with the wisdom of age and the grace of years. Most of those things will have to do with forgiveness."

Cheryl Strayed, American Writer

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"Soon the child learns that there are strangers, and ceases to be a child."

Max Muller, German Educator

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"You become a man not when you reach a certain age, but when you reach a certain state of mind."

Habeeb Akande, British Historian

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"Only with time do we really learn who the other person is and come to love the person for him- or herself and not just for the feelings and experiences they give us."

Timothy J. Keller, American Author

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"Sorrow and strife comes to all persons. Mature people expect hardships and setbacks and patiently and determinedly work to accomplish their goals. Immature people lash out in anger and frustration when circumstances conspire to blunt their short-term objectives."

Kilroy J. Oldster, American Author

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"Mature adults gravitate toward new values and understandings, not just rehashing and blind acceptance of past patterns and previous learning. This is an ongoing process and maturity demands lifelong learners."

David W. Earle, American Author

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"She knew Neal loved her. Good for him for realizing it wasn't enough to make him happy. That was very mature of him. He was probably saving them both a lot of heartache."

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"There is nothing inherently painful about being cheated on."

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"Most parents are not really 'supportive' because they want their kid(s) to succeed; they 'support' their kid(s) as an attempt to avoid appearing to have bred a failure, or, failures - in the eyes of their peers and/or neighbours."

Parenting

"AIDS would have claimed fewer lives if we had publicly recommended what I wish to call 'The Presumption of Sickness,' i.e., the principle that whomever we are about to sleep with is HIV-positive until proven HIV-negative."

Health

"Some people love but will never marry each other. Some are married to but have never loved and will never love each other."

Love

"When a man's girlfriend's parents ask him what it is that he does for a living: they're not really concerned about him, they're concerned about their daughter's tummy."

Society

"A newspaper is an oversized book with adverts and an expiry date."

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"Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today."

"The American male doesn't mature until he has exhausted all other possibilities."

"The church is to help its members mature in Christ's calling."

"You will come to know things that can only be known with the wisdom of age and the grace of years. Most of those things will have to do with forgiveness."

"Soon the child learns that there are strangers, and ceases to be a child."

"You become a man not when you reach a certain age, but when you reach a certain state of mind."

"Only with time do we really learn who the other person is and come to love the person for him- or herself and not just for the feelings and experiences they give us."

"Sorrow and strife comes to all persons. Mature people expect hardships and setbacks and patiently and determinedly work to accomplish their goals. Immature people lash out in anger and frustration when circumstances conspire to blunt their short-term objectives."

"Mature adults gravitate toward new values and understandings, not just rehashing and blind acceptance of past patterns and previous learning. This is an ongoing process and maturity demands lifelong learners."

"She knew Neal loved her. Good for him for realizing it wasn't enough to make him happy. That was very mature of him. He was probably saving them both a lot of heartache."

Explore more quotes by Mokokoma Mokhonoana

"There is nothing inherently painful about being cheated on."

"Most parents are not really 'supportive' because they want their kid(s) to succeed; they 'support' their kid(s) as an attempt to avoid appearing to have bred a failure, or, failures - in the eyes of their peers and/or neighbours."

"Patriotism is the narcissism of countries."

"Retro is a symptom of a generation that is too lazy to innovate."

"A tie is what you get after ice cubes have wrestled with hot water."

"You can only be twice someone's age once."

"AIDS would have claimed fewer lives if we had publicly recommended what I wish to call 'The Presumption of Sickness,' i.e., the principle that whomever we are about to sleep with is HIV-positive until proven HIV-negative."

"Some people love but will never marry each other. Some are married to but have never loved and will never love each other."

"When a man's girlfriend's parents ask him what it is that he does for a living: they're not really concerned about him, they're concerned about their daughter's tummy."

"A newspaper is an oversized book with adverts and an expiry date."