Lord Of The Ring Quotes

• It's a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don't keep your feet, there's no knowing where you might be swept off to.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Life, Wise, Wisdom

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.60, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• I wish it need not have happened in my time," said Frodo. "So do I," said Gandalf, "and so do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Death, Wish, Fellowship

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.48, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• All that is gold does not glitter,
  Not all those who wander are lost;
  The old that is strong does not wither,
  Deep roots are not reached by the frost.
  
  From the ashes a fire shall be woken,
  A light from the shadows shall spring;
  Renewed shall be blade that was broken,
  The crownless again shall be king.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Faith, Strong, Kings

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.127, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• A wizard is never late, nor is he early, he arrives precisely when he means to.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Mean, Wizards, Fellowship

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• And some things that should not have been forgotten were lost. History became legend. Legend became myth. And for two and a half thousand years, the ring passed out of all knowledge.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Years, Two, Half

  "Fictional character: Galadriel". "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", www.imdb.com. 2001.

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• Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Strength, Being Strong, Fantasy Novels

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.127, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Dark, Light, May

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.266, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  War, Arrows, Towers

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.656, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Wise, Fellowship, Death Penalty

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.53, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Life, Nature, World

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.69, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in halls of stone, Nine for Mortal Men, doomed to die, One for the Dark Lord on his dark throne In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie. One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. In the Land of Mordor where the Shadows lie.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Kings, Lying, Dark

  The Fellowship of the Ring epigraph (1954)

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• Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Death, Wise, Giving

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.53, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path... One that we all must take.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Journey, Path, Ends

  "Fictional character: Gandalf". "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", www.imdb.com. 2003.

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• Advice is a dangerous gift, even from the wise to the wise, and all courses may run ill.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspirational, Life, Wise

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.69, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• There are older and fouler things than Orcs in the deep places of the world.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Orcs, World, Fellowship

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.220, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• End? No, the journey doesn't end here. Death is just another path, one that we all must take. The grey rain-curtain of this world rolls back, and all turns to silver glass, and then you see it.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Rain, Journey, Glasses

  "Fictional character: Gandalf". "The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King", www.imdb.com. 2003.

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• It's a dangerous business, going out your door.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Doors, Going Out, Dangerous

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• If by my life or death I can protect you, I will.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Fellowship, Gimli, Protect You

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• Come, Mr. Frodo!' he cried. 'I can't carry it for you, but I can carry you.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Samwise Gamgee, Frodo, Return Of The King

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.633, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspiring Love, Rewards, Praise

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.465, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The world has changed. I see it in the water. I feel it in the Earth. I smell it in the air. Much that once was is lost, For none now live who remember it.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Air, Smell, Water

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• Gandalf: Confound it all, Samwise Gamgee. Have you been eavesdropping? Sam: I ain't been droppin' no eaves sir, honest. I was just cutting the grass under the window there, if you'll follow me. Gandalf: A little late for trimming the verge, don't you think? Sam: I heard raised voices. Gandalf: What did you hear? Speak. Sam: N-nothing important. That is, I heard a good deal about a ring, and a Dark Lord, and something about the end of the world, but... Please, Mr. Gandalf, sir, don't hurt me. Don't turn me into anything... unnatural.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Hurt, Cutting, Dark

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• Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. I have not much hope that Gollum can be cured before he dies, but there is a chance of it. And he is bound up with the fate of the Ring. My heart tells me that he has some part to play yet, for good or ill, before the end; and when that comes, the pity of Bilbo may rule the fate of many - yours not least.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Wise, Heart, Fate

  "The Fellowship of the Ring". Book by J. R. R. Tolkien, 1954.

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• I feel thin, sort of stretched, like butter scraped over too much bread.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Fellowship, Too Much, Bread

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• What a pity that Bilbo did not stab that vile creature, when he had a chance!' Pity? It was Pity that stayed his hand. Pity, and Mercy: not to strike without need. And he has been well rewarded, Frodo. Be sure that he took so little hurt from the evil, and escaped in the end, because he began his ownership of the Ring so. With Pity.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Hurt, Hands, Evil

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.51, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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