Louise Fletcher Quotes

People tend to become more emotionally intelligent as they age and mature.

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.

As I get older, I realize that the thing I value the most is good-heartednes s.

Understanding and love require a wisdom that comes only with age.

You can't fall in love after 40; you know so much about life that you can't get fooled anymore.

I have a feeling that books are a lot like people - they change as you age, so that some books that you hated in high school will strike you with the force of a revelation when you're older.

The young man who has not wept is a savage, and the older man who will not laugh is a fool.

I think as you get older, there are things that there's just no light side to, but you know, I guess the more you empathise with people, the more empathy you have, the less you are able to see the lighter side.

I think it's nice to age gracefully. OK, you lose the youth, a certain stamina and dewy glow, but what you gain on the inside as a human being is wonderful: the wisdom, the acceptance and the peace of mind. It's a fair exchange.

I think dealing with mean girls is just a part of life. I never really took people like that too seriously.

The fact is that not only do people get more wise and more conservative as they get older, they get more kind and more generous, too.

The great thing about getting older is that you become more mellow. Things aren't as black and white, and you become much more tolerant. You can see the good in things much more easily rather than getting enraged as you used to do when you were young.

I feel more mature than most people my age.

I always had an easier time with adults. Somehow, I was always old! I still feel old.

When you're young, you just go banging about, but you're more sensitive as you grow older.

The advantage of age is that you swap youth for wisdom. You're so full of insecurities when you're young. 'Who am I? What do I have to do for people to like me?' You get caught up in things. You get very emotional about things.

As far as my mindset changing, I see myself having more empathy in my older age.

When you're younger, you do take things personally.

I was always proud of being tough-minded, and I think I still am, but in my old age I've got a little softer in the head, and that's all right.

As you grow older, maturity naturally comes to you. And it shows on your face. It's true not only about looks, but your maturity should also reflect in your performances.

I've always had a maturity level different than guys my age.

You find it hard to deal with certain things and as you get older it becomes easier.

At the age of eleven or thereabouts women acquire a poise and an ability to handle difficult situations which a man, if he is lucky, manages to achieve somewhere in the later seventies.

Character is higher than intellect. Thinking is the function; living is the functionary.

I've got so much wisdom and have lived through so much life that I feel more powerful than I ever have.