Grownup Quotes (6 quotes)

“How strange it is that when I was a child I tried to be like a grownup, yet as soon as I ceased to be a child I often longed to be like one.”
― Leo Tolstoy, Childhood, Boyhood, Youth

tags: boyhood, child, childhood, grownup, tolstoy, youth

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“A boy has other people do the talking for him; a man speaks his mind.”
― Shannon L. Alder

tags: boy, confidence, coward, cruelty, fearful, grow-up, grownup, inmature, insecure, lack-of-confidence, man, manners, paranoia, scared, seriously, speak-for-yourself, using-people

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“Adults who use big words in order to seem intelligent are annoying, especially those who are not intelligent.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana

tags: adage, adages, africa, african, annoy, annoying, aphorism, aphorisms, axiom, axioms, big-words, bombast, bombastic, child, children, deep, dictum, dictums, epigram, epigrams, funny, gnome, gnomes, grownup, grownups, humor, humorous, humour, insightful, intelligence, intelligent, irritate, irritated, irritating, kid, kids, made-me-think, make-you-think, maxim, maxims, offspring, parent, parents, philosopher, pompous, profound, proverb, proverbs, provoke-thought, quotation, quotations, quote, quote-of-the-day, quotes, satire, satirical, saying, sayings, show-off, south-africa, south-african, thought-provoking, thoughtful, unintelligent

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“The average adult has had sex innumerable times more than they have formed an opinion of their own.”
― Mokokoma Mokhonoana, The Use and Misuse of Children

tags: adage, adages, adult, adults, africa, african, aphorism, aphorisms, axiom, axioms, child, children, conform, conformity, deep, dictum, dictums, epigram, epigrams, fact, facts, funny, gnome, gnomes, grownup, grownups, humor, humorous, humour, independent-thinker, independent-thinkers, independent-thinking, insightful, made-me-think, make-you-think, maxim, maxims, opinion, opinions, philosopher, profound, proverb, proverbs, provoke-thought, quotation, quotations, quote, quote-of-the-day, quotes, satire, satirical, satirist, satirists, saying, sayings, sex, sexual-intercourse, south-africa, south-african, think, thinker, thinkers, thought-provoking, thoughtful

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“The days were like grown-up people, the mornings always young.”
― Halldór Laxness

tags: adulting, day, days, daytime, grown-up, grownup, morning, mornings, youth

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“Becoming a better grownup is not about achieving more. Part of being a better grownup is letting people know they are enough—including yourself. It's realizing that every single day is another layer of fresh color on the masterpiece of a life you're painting. It's handing out trophies to let people know they've wowed you by simply being the best at who they are. Maybe it's even creating a trophy for yourself, holding it, and owning it.”
― Brad Montague, Becoming Better Grownups: Rediscovering What Matters and Remembering How to Fly

tags: appreciation, grownup, self-love, self-worth

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