Robert Frost Quotes

"Love is the irresistible desire to be desired irresistibly." — Robert Frost
Robert Frost Society, Volumes 1991-1993 (page 143) Although often attributed to Mark Twain or "love doctor" Leo Buscaglia, this quote actually spoken by Robert Frost to Sidney Cox, on a walk in 1911. Add Category or Author

"In three words I can sum up what I've learned about life: It goes on." — Robert Frost
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"Home is the place where, when you have to go there, They have to take you in." — Robert Frost
The Death of the Hired Man (1914) Here Frost speaks on the definition of Home, through his Poem and his characters: farmer Warren, and his wife Mary. Add Category or Author

"I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I —
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference." — Robert Frost
The Road Not Taken (1916) Published in Frost's Mountain Interval, the poem this quote is taken from is often used to show that the "road less traveled" can mean important things for the traveler. However, the poet admits earlier in the poem that the roads "Had worn them really about the same," and that the choice to take the road less traveled was one of future recollection, but of no less import. Add Category or Author

"If there is one thing in life that I have learned about life it is... it goes on." — Robert Frost
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"The best way out is always through." — Robert Frost
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"The father is always a Republican toward his son, and his mother's always a Democrat." — Robert Frost
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"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper." — Robert Frost
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"Time and Tide wait for no man,but time always stands still for a woman of thirty." — Robert Frost
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"The world is full of willing people; some willing to work, the rest willing to let them." — Robert Frost
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"We took risks. We knew we took them. Things have come out against us. We have no cause for complaint." — Robert Frost
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"Poetry is what gets lost in translation." — Robert Frost
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"I always entertain great hopes." — Robert Frost
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"I often say of George Washington that he was one of the few in the whole history of the world who was not carried away by power." — Robert Frost
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"The woods are lovely, dark and deep. But I have promises to keep, and miles to go before I sleep." — Robert Frost
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"By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may eventually get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day" — Robert Frost
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"I would as soon write free verse as play tennis with the net down" — Robert Frost
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"Before I built a wall I'd ask to know What I was walling in or walling out, And to whom I was like to give offense" — Robert Frost
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"To be a poet is a condition, not a profession." — Robert Frost
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"The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office." — Robert Frost
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"I took the road less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." — Robert Frost
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