F. Scott Fitzgerald

Novelist American 1896 – 1940

American novelist famous for The Great Gatsby.

374 quotes

"The greatest adventure is the exploration of one's own soul."
Adventure
"Health is the foundation upon which all other achievements rest."
Health
"Technology is humanity's attempt to transcend its own limitations."
Technology
"Music is the language of angels."
Music
"Justice is the aspiration that separates civilization from barbarism."
Justice
"Inspiration is the voice of your best self calling you forward."
Inspiration
"Strength is the ability to carry on when carrying on seems impossible."
Strength
"Humor is the weapon of the powerless against the powerful."
Humor
"Peace begins within the individual and radiates outward."
Peace
"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."
Wisdom
"So we beat on, boats against the current, borne back ceaselessly into the past."
Life
"Reserving judgments is a matter of infinite hope."
Hope
"The rich are different from you and me."
Money
"Let me tell you about the very rich. They are different from you and me."
"Gatsby believed in the green light, the orgastic future that year by year recedes before us."
Dreams
"There are all kinds of love in this world, but never the same love twice."
Love
"I like people and I like them because something inside me gets a tremendous kick out of doing favors and services."
Kindness
"Youth is wasted on the young."
Time
"The observed object must be fully understood through all its dimensions."
Knowledge
"Capability is the best aphrodisiac."
Strength
"Her voice is full of money."
Beauty
"Show me a hero and I will write you a tragedy."
Literature
"Never go on trips with anyone you do not love."
Relationships
"There's nothing to worry about. It's just the brandy talking."
Humor
"The idea that to make a man work you've got to hold money in front of him is a growth, not an induction of nature."
Work
"All the sadness of the world is in them."
"Trouble has no necessary connection with discouragement."
Perseverance
"I have not been able to repeat my early success."
Success
"Personality is an unbroken series of successful gestures."
Life
"The loneliest moment in someone's life is when they are watching their whole world fall apart, and all they can do is stare blankly."
Solitude