"Never confuse movement with action...." - Quote by Ernest Hemingway

“When I had finished the book I knew that no matter what Scott did, nor how he behaved, I must know it was like a sickness and be of any help I could to him and try to be a good friend. He had many good, good friends, more than anyone I knew. But I enlisted as one more, whether I could be of any use to him or not. If he could write a book as fine as The Great Gatsby I was sure that he could write an even better one. I did not know Zelda yet, and so I did not know the terrible odds that were against him. But we were to find them out soon enough.”

“We ate well and cheaply and drank well and cheaply and slept well and warm together and loved each other.”

“Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep, really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough.”

“Stranger, pause and ask thyself the question, Canst thou do likewise? If not, with a blush retire.”

“Motivation is like love and happiness. It's a by-product. When you're actively engaged in doing something, it sneaks up and zaps you when you least expect it.”

“What would life be if we had no courage to attempt anything?Taking a new step, uttering a new word, is what people fear most.”

“Effective people are not problem minded; they're opportunity-minded. They feed opportunities and starve problems. They think preventively.”

“Effective innovations start small. They are not grandiose. They try to do one specific thing.”

“We need not fear any isms if our democracy is achieving the ends for which it was established.”