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"Longing for the ideal while criticizing the real is evidence of immaturity. On the other hand, settling for the real without striving for the ideal is complacency. Maturity is living with the tension."
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"Premature independence is the daughter of conceit."
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Personal Development

"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."
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"Maturity is the ability to make a decision and stand by it."
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"I wonder how long it will take for me to feel as adult inside as I look outside."
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"When you'retwenty-one, life is a roadmap.It's only when you get to betwenty-five or so that youbegin to suspect you've beenlooking at the map upsidedown, and not until you'reforty are you entirely sure."
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"Longing for the ideal while criticizing the real is evidence of immaturity. On the other hand, settling for the real without striving for the ideal is complacency. Maturity is living with the tension."
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"I've got a pretty good idea what children are, and we're not children. Children can lose sometimes, and nobody cares."
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Personal Development

"Is it not a sign of immaturity to wish for someone's downfall? To wish that he or she fails at whatever productive endeavours they are aiming at? Wishing to be the only one succeeding, while everyone else fails?It's a world where we are all dependent on one another, one way or the other; and trade is happening at a much more sophisticated level than ever before. It is to our collective benefit for people to succeed."
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"For us lads of eighteen they ought to have been mediators and guides to the world of maturity, the world of work, of duty, of culture, of progress - to the future."
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"A man learns with age, if he is lucky."
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"Faithful servants never retire. You can retire from your career, but you will never retire from serving God."
God


"Grief is a good thing. It's the way we get through the transitions of life."
Grief


"Why would God provide heaven on earth when he's planned the real thing for you in eternity?"
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"Self - worth and net worth are not the same."
Self-Worth


"Longing for the ideal while criticizing the real is evidence of immaturity. On the other hand, settling for the real without striving for the ideal is complacency. Maturity is living with the tension."
Maturity


"You also know you're surrendered when you don't react to criticism and rush to defend yourself. Surrendered hearts show up best in relationships. You don't edge others out, you don't demand your rights, and you aren't self - serving when you're surrendered."
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"Many of your relationship problems are not really relationship problems. They're personal problems that spill over into relationships."
Theology


"True humility is not thinking less of yourself, it is thinking of yourself less."
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"You were made by God and for God, and until you understand that, life will never make sense."
Life


"Living to create an earthly legacy is a short - sighted goal."
Life
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