--- title: "7 Mature Life Quotes by 7 authors" description: "Browse 7 Mature Life quotes by 7 authors. Discover the best Mature Life sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/sylvia-plath-149_accepting_the-constant-struggle-in-mature-life-i-t_64282.jpg" --- > [The constant struggle in mature life, I think, is to accept the necessity of tragedy and conflict, and not to try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sylvia-plath/the-constant-struggle-in-mature-life-i-think-is-to-accept-the/) [Sylvia Plath](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sylvia-plath/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/210/sylvia-plath-149_accepting_the-constant-struggle-in-mature-life-i-t_64282.jpg) > [God has given you a trial in your life because God needs you more mature in life](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donna-louise/god-has-given-you-a-trial-in-your-life-because-god-needs-you-more/) [Donna Louise](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donna-louise/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/138/donna-louise-32407_god_god-has-given-you-a-trial-in-your-life-b_189503.jpg) > [In my long and difficult and mature life, I have come to learn that the less I know about acting and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-seberg/in-my-long-and-difficult-and-mature-life-i-have-come-to-learn-that/) [Jean Seberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-seberg/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a71/jean-seberg-41325_about_in-my-long-and-difficult-and-mature-life_451350.png) > [I've spent most of my mature life trying to prove that I'm not irresponsible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/orson-welles/i-ve-spent-most-of-my-mature-life-trying-to-prove-that-i-m-not/) [Orson Welles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/orson-welles/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cd/orson-welles-1628_irresponsible_i-ve-spent-most-of-my-mature-life-trying_1402352.jpg) > [“It is never easy being the one who takes the first step. But if we want things to mature in our life,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/m-w-moore/it-is-never-easy-being-the-one-who-takes-the-first-step-but-if-we/) [M.W. Moore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/m-w-moore/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d0a/m-w-moore-258672_addictions_it-is-never-easy-being-the-one-who-takes_1711059.jpg) > [“The pursuit of a mature life, a life that can bear the weight of image bearing, is in many ways the continual…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-crouch/the-pursuit-of-a-mature-life-a-life-that-can-bear-the-weight-of-image/) [Andy Crouch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-crouch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7c7/andy-crouch-15704_discipline_the-pursuit-of-a-mature-life-a-life-that_1851100.jpg) > [“Something he must read, when he was not riding the pony, or running and hunting, or listening to the talk of men...…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-eliot/something-he-must-read-when-he-was-not-riding-the-pony-or-running-and/) [George Eliot](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-eliot/) 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