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

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Success Quotes

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and...

Let us learn to show our friendship for a man when he is alive and...

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

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

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

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

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they...

It is in the thirties that we want friends. In the forties we know they...

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

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

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own...

Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own...

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.

Speech is an arrangement of notes that will never be played again.

Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty...

Some men have a necessity to be mean, as if they were exercising a faculty...

Life was a damned muddle - a football game with everyone offside and the referee...

Life was a damned muddle - a football game with everyone offside and the referee...

Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.

Every one suspects himself of at least one of the cardinal virtues.

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go by any rules. They're not like aches...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They don't go by any rules. They're not like aches...

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

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

Never confuse activity with action

Never confuse activity with action

I love her and that's the beginning of everything.

I love her and that's the beginning of everything.

You can stroke people with words.

You can stroke people with words.

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

No decent career was ever founded on a public.

Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The...

Though the Jazz Age continued it became less and less an affair of youth. The...

A widow of doubtful age will marry almost any sort of a white man.

A widow of doubtful age will marry almost any sort of a white man.

You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.

You know you are getting old when the candles cost more than the cake.