Quotes from Robert Frost

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.

Our lives laid down in war and peace may not Be found acceptable in Heaven's sight. And that they may be is the only prayer Worth praying. May my sacrifice Be found acceptable in Heaven's sight.

It takes all sorts of in and outdoor schooling To get adapted to my kind of fooling.

Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.

We dance round in a ring and suppose, But the Secret sits in the middle and knows.

I'd like to get away from earth awhile And then come back to it and begin over. May no fate wilfully misunderstand me And half grant what I wish and snatch me away Not to return. Earth's the right place for love: I don't know where it's likely to go better.

Something we were withholding made us weak, until we found it was ourselves.

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

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.

And were an epitaph to be my story I'd have a short one ready for my own. I would have written of me on my stone: I had a lover's quarrel with the world.

By faithfully working eight hours a day you may eventually get to be boss and work twelve hours a day.

Families break up when they get hints you don't intend and miss hints that you do.