Quotes about Adulthood
No parent is perfect; we all can look back and think of things we could've done to help our children be better prepared for adulthood. And sometimes it's best to admit it to them and encourage them to learn from our mistakes.
- Billy Graham
My nature is a quiet one, anyway. As a child I was considered respectful; as a young woman I was called discreet. Later on I was thought to have the wisdom maturity brings.
- Toni Morrison
Grow up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another.
- F Scott Fitzgerald
It is unjust to claim the privileges of age and retain the playthings of childhood.
- Samuel Johnson
Sunscreen, in the world of beauty, is the ultimate in adulting.
- Emily Weiss
Out of all these contending propensities and child-rearing practices, some people emerge with an intact ability to fantasize, and a history, extending well into adulthood, of confabulation
- Carl Sagan
I'm so sick of immaturity, of name-calling, of labels, of gossip, of high school. It doesn't make sense anymore, and I find myself being nice to people that I want to strangle.
- Coco Chanel
Most parents' goal is to launch their children into the world with all the tools they need to make it on their own.
- Deborah Raney
My mom was a terrible parent of young children. And thank God - I thank God every time I think of it - I was sent to my paternal grandmother. Ah, but my mother was a great parent of a young adult.
- Maya Angelou
It's like moving-in day on a college campus, except a large percentage of the people involved are middle-aged, in suits, and, along with you, charged with running the most powerful nation on earth.
- Barack Obama
A kid is a terrible thing to be, in charge of nothing. If you get past that and grown, it's easiest to forget about the misery and pretend you knew all along what you were doing.
- Barbara Kingsolver
When we were children, we used to think that when we were grown-up we would no longer be vulnerable. But to grow up is to accept vulnerability... To be alive is to be vulnerable.
- Madeleine L'Engle