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Biography - F. Scott Fitzgerald:

American novelist and short story writer.
Born: 1896 - Died: 1940
Period:
20th century
19th century
Place of birth: United States
United States

One should, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.
F. Scott Fitzgerald


Note 

Note



"One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise."



Translation

Translation

(French, German)



French
Il faudrait comprendre que les choses sont sans espoir et être pourtant décidé à les changer.
F. Scott Fitzgerald

German
Auch wenn bestimmte Dinge hoffnungslos scheinen, sollte man dennoch fest entschlossen sein, sie grundlegend zu ändern.
F. Scott Fitzgerald



See also 

See also...



Whoever wishes to become a philosopher must learn not to be frightened by absurdities.
Bertrand Russell - The Problems of Philosophy

Even if I knew that the world would end tomorrow, I would still plant an apple tree today.
Martin Luther



Quotes for: change


Quotes

Quotes about change:


The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.
Alan Watts - The Wisdom of Insecurity: A Message for an Age of Anxiety / 





Change alone is the constant.
Arthur Schopenhauer - Parerga and Paralipomena / 





Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.
Leo Tolstoy / 





If there is anything that we wish to change in the child, we should first examine it and see whether it is not something that could better be changed in ourselves.
Carl Gustav Jung / 





Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
Bertolt Brecht / 





To exist is to change, to change is to mature, to mature is to go on creating oneself endlessly.
Henri Bergson - Creative Evolution / 






All about change...




Quotes for: hope


Quotes

Quotes about hope:


In all things it is better to hope than to despair.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Torquato Tasso / 





Hope stole into my heart against my will.
Jean Racine - Phèdre / 





Fear cannot be without hope nor hope without fear.
Baruch Spinoza - Ethics / 





Don't despair.
Quintus Horatius Flaccus - Odes / 





Hope is a good breakfast, but it is a bad supper.
Francis Bacon / 





Love is only known by him who hopelessly persists in love.
Friedrich Schiller / 






All about hope...




Quotes

F. Scott Fitzgerald also said...


Genius is the ability to put into effect what is on your mind.
F. Scott Fitzgerald / 





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.
F. Scott Fitzgerald / 





Show me a hero, and I'll write you a tragedy.
F. Scott Fitzgerald / 





Action is character.
F. Scott Fitzgerald / 





Vitality shows in not only the ability to persist but the ability to start over.
F. Scott Fitzgerald / 





Forgotten is forgiven.
F. Scott Fitzgerald / 







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