Molly Ringwald Quotes

Because when does anybody really grow up? I mean, I feel more grown up now, more in a place of solidity and peace. But I think a lot of people take on these roles as parents, or husband or wife, and immediately think 'That's it. I'm grown up now. Done.'

Some people should have more levels of maturity than others, but you know to have a show that's grounded, tethered to reality, if you follow a group of people for six years and you show no maturity, I think that would be inaccurate.

I’ve aged, but I don’t think I’ve grown up.

When you're physically growing up, you develop emotionally with that.

I feel like I have grown up.

I know I'm only 24, but I know in my head already I am mature, because I've got the right mental side of it.

We can consider the process of healthy growth to be a never ending series of free choice situations, confronting each individual at every point throughout his life, in which he must choose between the delights of safety and growth, dependence and independence, regression and progression, immaturity and maturity.

“How does one grow up?” I asked a friend the other day. There was a slight pause; then she answered, “By thinking.”

I have a lot of responsibilities, but I don't think I've grown up.

I like this idea of becoming fully realised.

Part of spiritual and emotional maturity is recognizing that it's not like you're going to try to fix yourself and become a different person. You remain the same person, but you become awakened.

I have a lot of growing up to do, or a lot of growing down. I think that's probably more appropriate.

I feel about 18, but my mind is much more mature now, so it's a perfect combination.

In your teens, you get the physical puberty, and between 28 and 32, mental puberty. It does make you feel differently.

I have matured a lot.

I'm not sure why I still think of myself as 28 - maybe that's the point where you start growing up, and then you just feel the same for evermore.

It was not until my 20s that I began to creep toward maturity.

As I matured, I became a smarter person, a more sensitive person, a more thinking person.

I grew up a lot by going to college. I was still really immature.

I do have a bit of empathy I suppose, but it has come more recently as I'm knocking on 30's door and I think I'm getting there.

The process of maturing is an art to be learned, an effort to be sustained.

Though we marry as adults, we don't marry adults. We marry children who have grown up and still rejoice in being children, especially if we're creative.

If people really grew up, there would be no crime, no divorce, no Civil War reenactors....it's not like you think it will be, that one day you'll wake up and realize that you've got things figured out. You never figure it out. Ever." - Isabel Spellman attempting to explain growing up to her sister Rae

Maturity does not always come with age; sometimes age comes alone.

Maturity involves being honest and true to oneself, making decisions based on a conscious internal process, assuming responsibility for one's decisions, having healthy relationships with others and developing one's own true gifts. It involves thinking about one's environment and deciding what one will and won't accept.