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

Quote by F Scott Fitzgerald

Topics: Ability Quotes, Beginning Quotes, Vitality Quotes

And it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or...

And it occurred to me that there was no difference between men, in intelligence or...

Action is character.

Action is character.

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...

The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic...

The compensation of a very early success is a conviction that life is a romantic...

My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth...

My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth...

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...

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as...

Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement. Discouragement has a germ of its own, as...

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

Nothing is as obnoxious as other people's luck.

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present...

It is sadder to find the past again and find it inadequate to the present...

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.

Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was...

Gatsby, pale as death, with his hands plunged like weights in his coat pockets, was...

There are no second acts in American lives.

There are no second acts in American lives.

Forgotten is forgiven.

Forgotten is forgiven.

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

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

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.

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

Riches have never fascinated me, unless combined with the greatest charm or distinction.

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

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