--- title: "25 Way Quotes By Robert Frost" description: "25 Way quotes by Robert Frost. Plus more from Robert Frost and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/583/robert-frost-371_way_the-only-way-out-is-to-go-through-196855_1968556.png" --- > [The only way out is to go through](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/the-only-way-out-is-to-go-through/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/583/robert-frost-371_way_the-only-way-out-is-to-go-through-196855_1968556.png) > [Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/poetry-is-a-way-of-taking-life-by-the-throat/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5a8/robert-frost-371_life_poetry-is-a-way-of-taking-life-by-the-th_856521.png) > [Style is less the man than the way a man takes himself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/style-is-less-the-man-than-the-way-a-man-takes-himself/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/85d/robert-frost-371_fashion_style-is-less-the-man-than-the-way-a-man_2442611.png) > [Hope is not found in a way out but a way through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/hope-is-not-found-in-a-way-out-but-a-way-through/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/759/robert-frost-371_found_hope-is-not-found-in-a-way-out-but-a-way_1671232.png) > [The only way round is through.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/the-only-way-round-is-through/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8ac/robert-frost-371_round_the-only-way-round-is-through-1938849_1938849.png) > [I could define poetry this way: it is that which is lost out of both prose and verse in translation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/i-could-define-poetry-this-way-it-is-that-which-is-lost-out-of-both/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/df7/robert-frost-371_lost_i-could-define-poetry-this-way-it-is-tha_2669731.png) > [I hold it to be the inalienable right of anybody to go to hell in his own way.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/i-hold-it-to-be-the-inalienable-right-of-anybody-to-go-to-hell-in-his/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/46b/robert-frost-371_hell_i-hold-it-to-be-the-inalienable-right-of_1161964.png) > [Always fall in with what you're asked to accept. Take what is given, and make it over your way. My aim in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/always-fall-in-with-what-you-re-asked-to-accept-take-what-is-given/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/599/robert-frost-371_accept_always-fall-in-with-what-you-re-asked-to_2680574.png) > [The way a crow Shook down on me The dust of snow From a hemlock tree Has given my heart A change…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/the-way-a-crow-shook-down-on-me-the-dust-of-snow-from-a-hemlock-tree/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e6b/robert-frost-371_change_the-way-a-crow-shook-down-on-me-the-dust_3013129.png) > [It is absurd to think that the only way to tell if a poem is lasting is to wait and see if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/it-is-absurd-to-think-that-the-only-way-to-tell-if-a-poem-is-lasting/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2ad/robert-frost-371_absurd_it-is-absurd-to-think-that-the-only-way_1298408.jpg) > [Freud was way off base in considering sex the fundamental motivation. The ruling passion in men is minding each other's business.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/freud-was-way-off-base-in-considering-sex-the-fundamental-motivation/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b12/robert-frost-371_considering_freud-was-way-off-base-in-considering-se_2245451.png) > [Friends make pretence of following to the grave but before one is in it, their minds are turned and making the best…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/friends-make-pretence-of-following-to-the-grave-but-before-one-is-in/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/89e/robert-frost-371_following_friends-make-pretence-of-following-to-th_684855.png) > [The best way for a person to have happy thoughts is to count his blessings and not his cash. Happiness makes up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/the-best-way-for-a-person-to-have-happy-thoughts-is-to-count-his-2/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98d/robert-frost-371_best-way_the-best-way-for-a-person-to-have-happy_2724695.png) > [He says the best way out is always through. / And I can agree to that, or in so far / As…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/he-says-the-best-way-out-is-always-through-and-i-can-agree-to-that-or/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5f8/robert-frost-371_agree_he-says-the-best-way-out-is-always-throu_2930003.jpg) > [ Yes, of course \[this age\] is materialistic, but the only way to counteract it is to create spiritual things. Don't worry yourself… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/yes-of-course-this-age-is-materialistic-but-the-only-way-to/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/958/robert-frost-371_age_yes-of-course-this-age-is-materialistic_2296349.png) > [(Soft petals, yes, but not so barren quite, Mingled with these, smooth bean and wrinkled pea;) And go along with you ere…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/soft-petals-yes-but-not-so-barren-quite-mingled-with-these-smooth/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/71a/robert-frost-371_barren_soft-petals-yes-but-not-so-barren-quite_2859038.png) > [The style is the man. Rather say the style is the way the man takes himself; and to be at all charming…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/the-style-is-the-man-rather-say-the-style-is-the-way-the-man-takes/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/33a/robert-frost-371_bearable_the-style-is-the-man-rather-say-the-styl_1334505.png) > [Poetry begins in trivial metaphors, pretty metaphors, "grace" metaphors, and goes on to the profoundest thinking that we have. Poetry provides the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/poetry-begins-in-trivial-metaphors-pretty-metaphors-grace-metaphors/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/677/robert-frost-371_diffidence_poetry-begins-in-trivial-metaphors-prett_463621.png) > [O hushed October morning mild, Thy leaves have ripened to the fall; Tomorrow's wind, if it be wild, Should waste them all.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/o-hushed-october-morning-mild-thy-leaves-have-ripened-to-the-fall/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/302/robert-frost-371_break_o-hushed-october-morning-mild-thy-leaves_2525563.jpg) > [Diplomacy, n : 1. The patriotic art of lying for one's country. 2. The art of letting someone have your way. 3.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/diplomacy-n-1-the-patriotic-art-of-lying-for-one-s-country-2-the-art/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a33/robert-frost-371_age_diplomacy-n-1-the-patriotic-art-of-lying_2243065.jpg) > [Scholars and artists thrown together are often annoyed at the puzzle of where they differ. Both work from knowledge; but I suspectthey…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/scholars-and-artists-thrown-together-are-often-annoyed-at-the-puzzle/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ebf/robert-frost-371_annoyed_scholars-and-artists-thrown-together-are_863809.png) > [Sarcastic Science, she would like to know, In her complacent ministry of fear, How we propose to get away from here When…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/sarcastic-science-she-would-like-to-know-in-her-complacent-ministry/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f88/robert-frost-371_absolutes_sarcastic-science-she-would-like-to-know_1311518.jpg) > [The best way to hate is the worst. 'Tis to find what the hated need, Never mind of what actual worth, And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/the-best-way-to-hate-is-the-worst-tis-to-find-what-the-hated-need/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6e6/robert-frost-371_best-way_the-best-way-to-hate-is-the-worst-tis-to_414525.png) > [But he had gone his way, the grass all mown, And I must be, as he had been - alone, As all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/but-he-had-gone-his-way-the-grass-all-mown-and-i-must-be-as-he-had/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9e1/robert-frost-371_apart_but-he-had-gone-his-way-the-grass-all-mo_490223.png) > [... War is for everyone, for children too. I wasn't going to tell you and I mustn't. The best way is to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/war-is-for-everyone-for-children-too-i-wasn-t-going-to-tell-you-and-i/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5c4/robert-frost-371_afraid_war-is-for-everyone-for-children-too-i-w_2462934.png) ## Other authors on Way ## More by Robert Frost > [The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working when you get up in the morning, and doesn't stop until you get to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/the-brain-is-a-wonderful-organ-it-starts-working-when-you-get-up-in/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [When I see birches bend to left and right... I like to think some boy's been swinging them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/when-i-see-birches-bend-to-left-and-right-i-like-to-think-some-boy-s/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [“The promising young poets, the hopefuls? I'd name Richard Wilbur, Peter Viereck, Karl Shapiro, Elizabeth Bishop, Robert Lowell, John Ciardi...Leonard Bacon...but it is still…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/the-promising-young-poets-the-hopefuls-i-d-name-richard-wilbur-peter/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [Lord, I have loved Your sky, Be it said against or for me, Have loved it clear and high, Or low and stormy...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/lord-i-have-loved-your-sky-be-it-said-against-or-for-me-have-loved-it/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [Let him that is without stone among you cast the first thing he can lay his hands on.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/let-him-that-is-without-stone-among-you-cast-the-first-thing-he-can/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [It is only a moment here and a moment there that the greatest writer has. Some cognizance of the fact must be taken in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/it-is-only-a-moment-here-and-a-moment-there-that-the-greatest-writer/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [And of course there must be something wrong In wanting to silence any song.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/and-of-course-there-must-be-something-wrong-in-wanting-to-silence-any/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [There are two kinds of teachers: the kind that fill you with so much quail shot that you can't move, and the kind that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/there-are-two-kinds-of-teachers-the-kind-that-fill-you-with-so-much/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [The rose is a rose, And was always a rose. But now the theory goes That the apple's a rose, And the pear is,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/the-rose-is-a-rose-and-was-always-a-rose-but-now-the-theory-goes-that/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [Forgive, O Lord, my little jokes on Thee, and I'll forgive Thy great big joke on me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/forgive-o-lord-my-little-jokes-on-thee-and-i-ll-forgive-thy-great-big/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [What an exciting age it is we live in With all this talk about the hope of youth And nothing made of youth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/what-an-exciting-age-it-is-we-live-in-with-all-this-talk-about-the/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [The footpath down to the well is healed.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/the-footpath-down-to-the-well-is-healed/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [There is the fear that we shan't prove worthy in the eyes of someone who knows us at least as well as we know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/there-is-the-fear-that-we-shan-t-prove-worthy-in-the-eyes-of-someone/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [It's God - I recognised him from Blake's picture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/it-s-god-i-recognised-him-from-blake-s-picture/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) > [Create and stir other people to create.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-frost/create-and-stir-other-people-to-create/) [Robert Frost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-frost/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/robert-frost/#itemlist", "name": "25 Way Quotes By Robert Frost", "numberOfItems": 25, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": 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