Robert Bly Quotes

Most people don't grow up. It's too damn difficult. What happens is most people get older. That's the truth of it. They honor their credit cards, they find parking spaces, they marry, they have the nerve to have children, but they don't grow up.

Even though I pretty much made my own decisions early on, when I was younger I tended to overbook my life.

I don't think I really realized what being an adult and being a real grownup was until I was at least twenty-eight.

I've just tried to grow up in the most natural and gradual process that I possibly can and make choices I feel are right for me and my fans.

There comes a time when you have to grow up and start thinking for yourself.

At some point you’ll have to get serious about life.

To find that place between what I want and what I think is wise.

Welcome to adulthood." Cob said. "Every child finds a day when the realize that adults can be weak and wrong just like everyone else. After that day, you are an adult. Like it or not.

There always comes a time when one must choose between contemplation and action. This is called becoming a man.

When you get to your mid-20s, you start to feel responsibilities for the things that you do and the people around you. It's a cool age.

The man is distinguished from the youth by the fact that he takes the world as it is, instead of everywhere fancying it amiss and wanting to improve it, i.e. model it after his ideal; in him the view that one must deal with the world according to his interest, not according to his ideals, becomes confirmed.

I was immature the way I handled the business. I saw myself as a tribune of the people.

I suppose my life has always been about pleasing people, making sure they're all right, doing the right thing. Then, suddenly, you have to face up to what you want and be honest about it.

The beautiful thing is I have sort of grown up. I don't care if I'm highbrow or not anymore.

I've found that balance is key. I'm no longer an extremist in any one direction.

For my senior prom, my father finally said I could go - as long as I was home by 9 P.M.! That was around the time that most people were heading out. When I was little I was so mad at them all the time. 'Why can't I do this?' 'Why are there so many rules?' But looking back now, my parents gave me the foundation to have so many choices in life.

It's one thing to really dream and have a vision and want all these cool things, but it's a whole other thing when you actually have wisdom and understand things. Then you can truly make the best decisions.

I've grown up a lot, I'm on my own, and I've learned some valuable life lessons.

When you're in your early 20s, you go ahead and do everything. And it's very hard to judge yourself.

I try to recognize that there is no such thing as having it all - and it's impossible to be perfect. You just have to let certain things go.

A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.

My wife, she still gives me a hard time, and says I hunt too much or I like to play golf too much. And she's probably right, but it sure beats some of the things I used to do.

I feel like I've started to grow up and be more of a woman instead of this crazy girl.

I'm not actually sure I'm grown-up enough for grown-up books.

You gotta mature, you know.