Quote Image - Desktop Image

Quote Image- Mobile Image

Get the Daily Inspiration in your inbox

By subscribing to Inspiring Quotes you are agreeing to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.

Tuesday, August 17, 2021

In three words, I can sum up everything I’ve learned about life: It goes on.

Robert Frost

On his 80th birthday, Robert Frost was asked, “In all your years and all your travels, what do you think is the most important thing you’ve learned about life?” You would think someone like Frost, who won the Pulitzer Prize four times, would give a colorful and poetic response, but his abridged reply was just as moving in its simplicity: “It goes on.” While Frost’s work is widely celebrated, his personal life was marked with tragedy. He lost both his parents at a young age and outlived four of his six children before losing his wife. Yet still, life went on, and Frost found more opportunities for love and laughter. Regardless of the pain we may face, it is always possible that the best is yet to come.

Play more header background

Daily Question

Who said, "We must turn to each other and not on each other"?

More Inspiration

The quality of your life depends quite a bit on the quality of attention you project out onto the world.

David Brooks

There is only one success... to be able to spend your life in your own way.

Christopher Morley

You must not try to make love definite. It is the divine accident of life.

Sherwood Anderson

You're only as young as the last time you changed your mind.

Timothy Leary

Don't plan it all. Let life surprise you a little.

Julia Alvarez

However vast the darkness, we must supply our own light.

Stanley Kubrick

Patience is a necessary ingredient of genius.

Benjamin Disraeli

In art and dream may you proceed with abandon. In life may you proceed with balance and stealth.

Patti Smith

One shouldn't just hope to be treated well: one must insist on it.

Abraham Verghese

The meaning I picked, the one that changed my life: Overcome fear, behold wonder.

Richard Bach

Don’t be nervous. Work calmly, joyously, recklessly on whatever is in hand.

Henry Miller

Featured Articles

The True Meaning of Beauty, in 14 Quotes

February 14, 2024

Quotes From Must-Read Books by Indigenous Authors

November 13, 2023

Quotes About How Passion Can Improve Your Life

February 23, 2024

12 Quotes To Read If You Want To Be More Optimistic

November 13, 2023

12 Quotes Every People-Pleaser Should Read

February 21, 2024

Quotes About Why Foolishness Can Be a Virtue

March 20, 2024

14 Quotes To Celebrate Aquarians

January 9, 2024

12 of the Cheesiest Lines From Hallmark Cards and Movies

February 7, 2024

How To Find Closure, in Quotes

December 15, 2023

15 Life-Changing Quotes From Marcus Aurelius’ ‘Meditations’

March 27, 2024

11 Fiery Quotes for the Year of the Dragon

January 31, 2024