Inspire Me

Robert Frost, one of America’s best-known poets, was born on this date in 1874. He lived in San Francisco until he was 11, when his family moved to Lawrence, Massachusetts.

He finished his education, married, and tried to combine writing and farming.
In 1912, unable to find a publisher for his poetry, Frost, his wife and family moved to Great Britain.
His first collection, A Boy’s Will, was published in 1913.
He returned to the United States in 1915, and in 1916 he began teaching at Amherst College.
For much of his career he also taught at the Bread Loaf School of English of Middlebury College. He continued to write and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry 4 times.


Best known for poems like “The Road not Taken” and “Stopping by Woods,” Frost also wrote several quotable one-liners:

“Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in depth.”

“Poetry is a way of taking life by the throat.”

“A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.”

“The father is always a Republican to his son, and the mother’s always a Democrat.”

“A jury consists of twelve persons chosen to decide who has the better lawyer.”

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

“In three words I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life — it goes on.”

(Special thanks to Dr. Mardy’s Quotes of the Week!)

Thank You Robert Frost,

You Inspire Me!