Robert Frost

"Character is like a tree and reputation like its shadow."

"To be human is to keep making mistakes and to keep forgiving yourself."

"The sweetness of bitter almonds lies primarily in the bitterness itself."

"I would advise anyone not to take writing too seriously."

"The task is not to write the poem; the task is to see it."

"Adventure is not in the seeking for new landscapes but in having new eyes."

"The passionate way of love is the only way of love."

"A mother's love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to do the impossible."

"God's first creature was light and his last was woman."

"We are makers of manners and we can legislate for ourselves."

"Duty is a task we assign ourselves and love makes it a privilege."

"Patience is the companion of wisdom."

"The most important thing for a young man is to establish credit—his promise to pay."

"You can be anything you want to be just turn yourself loose."

"True friends stab you in the front."

"The cruelest lies are often told in silence."

"Belief is better than anything else, and it is best when rooted deeply in experience."

"What we live by we can afford to give away and we can afford to die by."

"Don't follow where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail."

"The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment."

"A poem is best when it moves you without you fully understanding why."

"Success is about making the right choices, not making the perfect choice."

"The test of your character is how you treat those who can do nothing for you."

"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."

"Poetry is what gets lost in translation."

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I took the one less traveled by."

"The only way out is through."

"Forgive me my nonsense as I also forgive the nonsense of those that think they talk sense."

"Education is the ability to listen to almost anything without losing your temper or your self-confidence."

"A poem begins as a lump in the throat, a sense of wrong, a homesickness, a lovesickness."