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Quotes from Robert Frost

Some say the world will end in fire,Some say in ice.From what I've tasted of desireI hold with those who favor fire.But if it had to perish twice,I think I know enough of hateTo say that for destruction iceIs also greatAnd would suffice.
~ Robert Frost
A definite purpose, like blinders on a horse, inevitably narrows its possessor's point of view.
~ Robert Frost
A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawer.
~ Robert Frost
Ah, when to the heart of man Was it ever less than a treason To go with the drift of things To yield with a grace to reason And bow and accept at the end Of a love or a season.
~ Robert Frost
Always fall in with what you're 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 whatever's going. Not against with.
~ Robert Frost
An idea is a feat of association.
~ Robert Frost
As it is more blessed to give than receive, so it must be more blessed to receive than to give back.
~ Robert Frost
By working faithfully eight hours a day, you may get to be a boss and work twelve hours a day.
~ Robert Frost
Do not follow where the path may lead...Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.
~ Robert Frost
Earth's the right place for love. I don't know where it's likely to go better.
~ Robert Frost
Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those who think they can talk sense.
~ Robert Frost
Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee and I'll forgive Thy great big one on me.
~ Robert Frost
Friends make pretence of following to the grave but before one is in it, their minds are turned and making the best of their way back to life and living people and things they understand.
~ Robert Frost
Hell is a half-filled auditorium.
~ Robert Frost
Love is an irresistable desire to be irresistably desired.
~ Robert Frost
More men die of worry than of work, because more men worry than work.
~ Robert Frost
Poetry is what is lost in translation.
~ Robert Frost
Skepticism, is that anything more than we used to mean when we said, Well, what have we here?
~ Robert Frost
Something we were withholding made us weak, until we found out it was ourselves.
~ Robert Frost
The greatest thing in family life is to take a hint when a hint is intended-and not to take a hint when a hint isn't intended.
~ Robert Frost
The only lasting beauty is the beauty of the heart.
~ Robert Frost
The only way round is through.
~ Robert Frost
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.But I have promises to keep,And miles to go before I sleepAnd miles to go before I sleep.
~ Robert Frost
There are tones of voices that mean more than words.
~ Robert Frost