Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement -- discouragement has a germ of its own, as different from trouble as arthritis is different from a stiff joint.

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Perseverance Quotes, Trouble Quotes

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

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

Family quarrels are bitter things. They dont go according to any rules. Theyre not like...

Family quarrels are bitter things. They dont go according to any rules. Theyre not like...

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

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

The victor belongs to the spoils.

The victor belongs to the spoils.

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...

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

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

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

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

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

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

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race,...

It occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or race,...

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

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

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in...

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...

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from...

Either you think, or else others have to think for you and take power from...

Nick, on the Buchanans: They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they smashed up...

Nick, on the Buchanans: They were careless people, Tom and Daisy -- they smashed up...

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgotten is forgiven.

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

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

Action is character.

Action is character.

When a man is tired of life on his 21st birthday it indicates that he...

When a man is tired of life on his 21st birthday it indicates that he...

Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out...

Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out...

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot...

The major difference between a thing that might go wrong and a thing that cannot...