Infantile love follows the principle: "I love because I am loved." Mature love follows the principle: "I am loved because I love." Immature love says: "I love you because I need you." Mature love says: "I need you because I love you.
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Erich Fromm
The critical nature of 'choices' -- [the] timing will prove to be an asset or liability; it will reward wisdom or expose stupidity. Either way, we learn from the path of suffering or satisfaction… by choice or by design.
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T.F. Hodge
In short, immaturity is spoiled. And what is spoiled doesn’t ripen. It goes bad early, gets bitter and withers on the vine.
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Gina Barreca
Things that are truly great need nothing from me, and to somehow think that they do speaks to my utter lack of greatness.
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Craig D. Lounsbrough
By drinking, a boy acts like a man. After drinking, many a man acts like a boy.
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Mokokoma Mokhonoana
More Quotes By Fred Gipson
Well, when you're fourteen years old, you can't afford to mix in a rock fight with your five-year-old brother. You can't do it, even when you're in the right. You just can't explain a thing like that to your folks. All they'll do is point...
That was as rough a thing as I ever heard tell of happening to a boy. And I'm mighty proud to learn how my boy stood up to it. You couldn't ask any more of a grown man.. It's not a thing you can forget....
... I guessed that when you are nearly a man, you have to learn to put up with a lot of aggravation from little old bitty kids.
