3 F. Scott Fitzgerald Quotes on Resilience

F. Scott Fitzgerald quotes on resilience

10. Before I go on with this short history, let me make a general observation- the test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise. This philosophy fitted on to my early adult life, when I saw the improbable, the implausible, often the 'impossible,' come true.

78. Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

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