Quotes by Robert Frost

“A poem begins with a lump in the throat”

“Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and Ill forgive Thy great big joke on me.”

“I always entertain great hopes.”

“I turned to speak to God About the worlds despair; But to make bad matters worse, I found God wasnt there”

“The middle of the road is where the white line is / and thats the worst place to drive.”

“Always fall in with what youre asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in life has always been to hold my own with whatevers going. Not against: with.”

“I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.”

“I would as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down”

“They cannot scare me with their empty spaces between stars -- on stars where no human race is. I have it in me so much nearer home to scare myself with my own desert places.”

“If you dont know how great this country is, I know someone who does; Russia.”

“The only way around is through.”

“Education doesnt change life much. It just lifts trouble to a higher plane of regard.”

“Discourage litigation. Persuade your neighbors to compromise whenever you can. As a peacemaker the lawyer has superior opportunity of being a good man. There will still be business enough.”

“Families break up when people take hints you dont intend and miss hints you do intend”

“There never was any heart truly great and generous, that was not also tender and compassionate.”

“College is a refuge from hasty judgment.”

“The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them.”

“It looked as if a night of dark intentWas coming, and not only a night, an age.Someone had better be prepared for rage.There would be more than ocean-water brokenBefore Gods last Put out the Light was spoken”

“My object in living is to uniteMy avocation and my vocationAs my two eyes make one in sight”

“Next to nothing for use.But a crop is a crop,And whos to say where The harvest shall stop?”