"For there to be true maturity, people..." - Quote by Charles R Swindoll
For there to be true maturity, people must be given room to grow, which includes room to fail.
More by Charles R Swindoll
“Thanksgiving speaks in clear, crisp tones of forgotten terms, like integrity - bravery - respect - freedom - discipline - sacrifice - godliness.”
“Courage is not limited to the battlefield or the Indianapolis 500 or bravely catching a thief in your house. The real tests of courage are much quieter. They are the inner tests, like remaining faithful when nobody's looking, like enduring pain when the room is empty, like standing alone when you're misunderstood.”
“Alleged 'impossibilities' are opportunities for our capacities to be stretched.”
More on Growth
“I am where I am because of the bridges I have crossed.”
“We might say that the earth has the spirit of growth; that its flesh is the soil.”
“Culture in its higher forms is a delicate plant which depends on a complicated set of conditions and is wont to flourish only in a few places at any given time.”
More on Maturity
“Here’s one of my favorite statements: We are never going to enjoy stability, we are never going to enjoy spiritual maturity until we learn how to do what’s right when it feels wrong, and every time you do what’s right by a decision of your will using discipline and self control to go beyond how you feel, the more painful it is in your flesh, the more you’re growing spiritually at that particular moment.”
“The bulk of mankind are schoolboys through life.”
“If you're telling me I'm not mature, that's one thing I don't cry over since as far as I can make out it's the same thing as being dead.”