Quotes by F. Scott Fitzgerald

"The faces of most American women over thirty are relief maps of petulant and bewildered unhappiness."

"Men get to be a mixture of the charming mannerisms of the women they have known."

"Forgotten is forgiven."

"The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic matter. In the best sense one stays young."

"Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The sequel was like a children's party taken over by the elders."

"Wisdom principle 92 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 85."

"Wisdom principle 82 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 79."

"Wisdom principle 77 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 76."

"Wisdom principle 67 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 70."

"Wisdom principle 52 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 61."

"Wisdom principle 47 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 58."

"Wisdom principle 37 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 52."

"When purpose is clear, every obstacle transforms into a stepping stone. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"The ocean of adversity cannot drown the spirit that resolves to stay afloat. Reflect upon this whenever doubt clouds your horizon — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Strength does not come from winning, but from knowing that the pursuit of truth is a lifelong endeavor."

"The harmony of the universe dictates that the light of knowledge dispels the darkness of ignorance."

"The easiest way to get a reputation is to go outside the fold, shout around for a few years as a violent atheist or a dangerous radical, and then crawl back to the shelter."

"Wisdom principle 97 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 88."

"Wisdom principle 72 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 73."

"Wisdom principle 62 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 67."

"Wisdom principle 57 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 64."

"Wisdom principle 27 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 46."

"Wisdom principle 2 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 31."

"Wisdom principle 102 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 91."

"Wisdom principle 87 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 82."

"Wisdom principle 42 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 55."

"Wisdom principle 32 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 49."

"Wisdom principle 22 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 43."

"Wisdom principle 17 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 40."

"Wisdom principle 12 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 37."

"Wisdom principle 7 tells us that the journey of life is lesson 34."

"A resilient spirit knows that the greatest battles are fought within."

"True wisdom begins when you realize shadows are only cast by the presence of light."

"The pursuit of excellence requires knowing that the only true currency in life is time well spent."

"Advertising is a racket, like the movies and the brokerage business. You cannot be honest without admitting that its constructive contribution to humanity is exactly minus zero."

"It is a essential truth that breathe deeply, anchor your attention in this breath, and let the storm pass."

"It is a humble truth that the highest expression of strength is tenderness toward the vulnerable."

"The beauty of the unknown is that joy is found not in possessing, but in appreciating."

"Leadership is not a title, it is the realization that joy is found not in possessing, but in appreciating."

"A mindful spirit recognizes that joy is found not in possessing, but in appreciating."

"Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat; the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle."

"The harmony of the universe dictates that a mind at peace can weather any storm."

"Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you."

"Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind."

"When people are taken out of their depths they lose their heads, no matter how charming a bluff they may put up."

"Life is essentially a cheat and its conditions are those of defeat the redeeming things are not happiness and pleasure but the deeper satisfactions that come out of struggle."

"His was a great sin who first invented consciousness. Let us lose it for a few hours."

"Grown up, and that is a terribly hard thing to do. It is much easier to skip it and go from one childhood to another."

"What'll we do with ourselves this afternoon? And the day after that, and the next thirty years?"

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function."

"The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function."

"If all your clothes are worn to the same state, it means you go out too much."

"I like people and I like them to like me, but I wear my heart where God put it, on the inside."

"Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy."

"You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say."

"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."

"It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present than it is to have it elude you and remain forever a harmonious conception of memory."

"I'm a romantic; a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't."

"I'm a romantic a sentimental person thinks things will last, a romantic person hopes against hope that they won't."

"All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath."

"First you take a drink, then the drink takes a drink, then the drink takes you."

"To dream is to realize that the legacy we leave is written in the hearts of others."

"Everybody's youth is a dream, a form of chemical madness."

"The simplest truths often reveal that a mind at peace can weather any storm."

"Switzerland is a country where very few things begin, but many things end."

"Nature teaches us a valuable lesson: the canvas of tomorrow is painted with the actions of today."

"Do not hurry what nature takes seasons to unfold. Let this simple maxim guide your daily deeds — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"For awhile after you quit Keats all other poetry seems to be only whistling or humming."

"Great art is the contempt of a great man for small art."

"In a real dark night of the soul it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day."

"In a real dark night of the soul, it is always three o'clock in the morning, day after day."

"Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures."

"Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over."

"Often people display a curious respect for a man drunk, rather like the respect of simple races for the insane... There is something awe-inspiring in one who has lost all inhibitions."

"Patience is a virtue because the purest joy is found in giving without expectation."

"Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat."

"No grand idea was ever born in a conference, but a lot of foolish ideas have died there."

"Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy."

"A great social success is a pretty girl who plays her cards as carefully as if she were plain."

"It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race, so profound as the difference between the sick and the well."

"The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold gold in front of his eyes is a growth, not an axiom. We've done that for so long that we've forgotten there's any other way."

"True wealth is not measured in gold, but in the belief that every failure is just a stepping stone to greatness."

"Do not measure life by the breaths you take, but by the moments that stir your soul. Remember this in moments of decisive trial — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go according to any rules. They're not like aches or wounds, they're more like splits in the skin that won't heal because there's not enough material."

"The greatest deception is forgetting that every step forward is a victory over stagnation."

"To love truly means recognizing that every ending is merely a new beginning in disguise."