The Lord Of The Rings is an epic novel written by J. R. R. Tolkien.
From this novel, many quotes remains as part of the culture, including quotes about love, friendship, adventure,… So here are the best quotes from The Lord Of The Rings, taught by Gollum, Gandalf, Aragorn, Sam…
J.R.R TOLKIEN AS A WRITTER
I wished to be loved by another, but I desire no man’s pity. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere. — Elrond
Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars. — J. R. R. Tolkien
That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for. — Sam
Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised. — Aragorn
The board is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it at last, the great battle of our time. — Gandalf
But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years, for oft it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Then shouldering their burdens, they set off, seeking a path that would bring them over the grey hills of the Emyn Muil, and down into the Land of Shadow. — J.R.R. Tolkien
I’m glad to be with you, Samwise Gamgee…here at the end of all things. — Frodo
I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you. — Sam
Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep, for not all tears are an evil. — Gandalf
But in the ends it’s only a passing thing, this shadow, even darkness must pass. — Sam
I am very fond indeed of it, and of all the dear old Shire, but I think I need a holiday. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens. — Gimli
All’s well that ends better. — J.R.R. Tolkien
You have had some very strange adventures, I hear,’ said Glóin. ‘I wonder greatly what brings four hobbits on so long a journey. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisoned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape?. — J.R.R. Tolkien
All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us. — Gandalf
You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Not all those who wander are lost. — J R R Tolkien
LORD OF THE RINGS QUOTES
It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not! — Gandalf
The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out. — Gildor
Not all those who wander are lost. — Bilbo
The wolf that one hears is worse than the orc that one fears.Boromir. — J.R.R. Tolkien
But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow, even darkness must pass. — Sam Gamgee
But the fat Hobbit, he knows. Eyes always watching. — Gollum
Your time will come. You will face the same Evil, and you will defeat it. — Arwen
Death is just another path, one that we all must take. — J.R.R Tolkien
Well, I’ve made up my mind, anyway. I want to see mountains again, Gandalf mountains, and then find somewhere where I can rest. — J.R.R. Tolkien
They lie in all the pools, pale faces, deep deep under the dark water. I saw them: grim faces and evil, and noble faces and sad. Many faces proud and fair, and weeds in their silver hair. But all foul, all rotting, all dead. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Memory is not what the heart desires. That is only a mirror. — Gimli
It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish. — J.R.R. Tolkien
I’ll get there, if I leave everything but my bones behind,. — J.R.R. Tolkien
The world is indeed full of peril and in it there are many dark places. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends. — Gandalf
Home is behind, the world ahead, and there are many paths to tread through shadows to the edge of night, until the stars are all alight. — J.R.R Tolkien
Seldom will Orcs journey in the open under the sun, yet these have done so,’ said Legolas. ‘Certainly they will not rest by night. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Fear nothing! Have peace until the morning! Heed no nightly noises! — J.R.R. Tolkien
It is not the strength of the body, but the strength of the spirit. — J.R.R. Tolkien
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
Home is behind, the world ahead, and there are many paths to tread through shadows to the edge of night, until the stars are all alight. — J.R.R. Tolkien
I don’t feel like that now. I feel that as long as the Shire lies behind, safe and comfortable, I shall find wandering more bearable: I shall know that somewhere there is a firm foothold, even if my feet cannot stand there again. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Let us remember that a traitor may betray himself and do good that he does not intend. — J.R.R. Tolkien
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
ADVENTURE, COURAGE AND VALUES
Where there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles. — J.R.R. Tolkien
I am Gandalf the White. And I come back to you now… at the turn of the tide. — Gandalf
Evil will be drawn to you from outside the fellowship. And, I fear, from within you must trust yourself. Trust your own strengths. — Gandalf
Soft as butter they can be, and yet sometimes as tough as old tree-roots. — J.R.R. Tolkien
His grief he will not forget, but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom. — Aragorn
It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succor of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. — Gandalf
It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing… such a little thing. — Boromir
It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish…. — Sam
The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them. — Warden
Who knows? Have patience. Go where you must go, and hope! — J.R.R. Tolkien
Now at this last we must take a hard road, a road unforeseen. There lies our hope, if hope it be. To walk into peril to Mordor. We must send the Ring to the Fire. — J.R.R. Tolkien
The burned hand teaches best. After that advice about fire goes to the heart. — Gandalf
Many are the strange chances of the world, and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the wise falter. — Gandalf
Worst is a bad word, I said to him,and I hope you do not live to see it. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Pay heed to the tales of old wives. It may well be that they alone keep in memory what it was once needful for the wise to know. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Often does hatred hurt itself! — J.R.R. Tolkien
Even the smallest person can change the course of history. — Lady Galadriel
It’s the job that’s never started, that takes longest to finish. — Sam Gamgee
The sky was clear and the stars were growing bright. ‘It’s going to be a fine night,’ he said aloud. ‘That’s good for a beginning. I feel like walking. — J.R.R. Tolkien
No me amáis, o no queréis amarme? -QuerÃa el amor de otro hombre -respondió ella-. Mas no quiero la piedad de ninguno. — J.R.R. Tolkien
You have shown your usual cunning in getting up just in time for a meal. — J.R.R. Tolkien
JOURNEY AND DESTINY
All our hopes now lie with two little hobbits, somewhere in the wilderness. — Gandalf
Well, what can I tell you? Life in the wide world goes on much as it has this past Age, full of its own comings and goings, scarcely aware of the existence of Hobbits, for which I am very thankful. — Gandalf
If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world. — Thorin Oakenshield
Even the smallest person can change the course of the future. — Galadriel
It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not. It is wisdom to recognize necessity, when all other courses have been weighed, though as folly it may appear to those who cling to false hope. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Do not scorn pity that is the gift of a gentle heart, Éowyn! — J.R.R. Tolkien
I fear that in my eagerness to persuade you, I lost patience. And indeed I regret it. — J.R.R. Tolkien
But in this at least thou shalt not defy my will: to rule my own end. — J.R.R. Tolkien
The Dark Lord has Nine. But we have One, mightier than they: the White Rider. He has passed through the fire and the abyss, and they shall fear him. We will go where he leads. — J. R. R. Tolkien
It is but a shadow and a thought that you love. I cannot give you what you seek. — Aragorn
Frodo began to feel restless, and the old paths seemed too well-trodden. He looked at maps, and wondered what lay beyond their edges: maps made in the Shire showed mostly white spaces beyond its borders. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Memory is not what the heart desires. That is only a mirror,. — J.R.R. Tolkien
The Quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while the Company is true. — Galadriel
Where there’s life there’s hope, and need of vittles. — Sam
Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Sam was the only member of the party who had not been over the river before. He had a strange feeling as the slow gurgling stream slipped by: his old life lay behind in the mists, dark adventure lay in front. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Just a plain hobbit you look,’ said Bilbo. ‘But there is more about you now than appears on the surface. Good luck to you! — J.R.R. Tolkien
Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story. — Bilbo
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. — Faramir
Real names tell you the story of the things they belong to. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Who are you, Master?’ he asked. ‘Eh, what?’ said Tom sitting up, and his eyes glinting in the gloom. ‘Don’t you know my name yet? That’s the only answer. Tell me, who are you, alone, yourself and nameless?. — J. R. R. Tolkien
I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. — J.R.R. Tolkien
I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. — Bilbo
Go now, and die in what way seems best to you. — J.R.R. Tolkien
MORE QUOTES FROM LORD OF THE RINGS
A day may come when the courage of men fails, but it’s not this day. — Aragorn
A day may come when the courage of men fails… but it’s not THIS day. — Aragorn
It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish. — Sam Gamgee
Well, I am going back into the open air, to see what the wind and sky are doing! — J.R.R. Tolkien
I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the Ages of this world alone. — Arwen
I look foul and feel fair. — J.R.R. Tolkien
He drew a deep breath. ‘Well, I’m back,’ he said. — J.R.R. Tolkien
The great storm is coming, but the tide has turned. — J.R.R. Tolkien
See, my precious: if we has it, then we can escape, even from Him, eh? Perhaps we grows very strong, stronger than Wraiths. Lord Sméagol? Gollum the Great? The Gollum! Eat fish every day, three times a day, fresh from the sea. — J.R.R. Tolkien
The wise speak only of what they know. — Gandalf
I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, and people who will see a world that I shall never know. But all the while I sit and think of times there were before, I listen for returning feet and voices at the door. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Why couldn’t he stop talking and let them drink his health?. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Oh, it’s quite simple. If you are a friend, you speak the password, and the doors will open. — Gandalf
I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Elves and Dragons! I says to him. Cabbages and potatoes are better for me and you. — J.R.R. Tolkien
This day does not belong to one man but to all. Let us together rebuild this world that we may share in the days of peace. — Aragorn
You will soon be well, if I do not talk you to death. — J.R.R. Tolkien
I found not being able to use a pen or pencil as defeating as the loss of her beak would be to a hen. — J.R.R. Tolkien
For still there are so many things that I have never seen: in every wood in every spring there is a different green. I sit beside the fire and think of people long ago, and people who will see a world that I shall never know. — J.R.R. Tolkien
But there, my friends, songs like trees bear fruit only in their own time and their own way: and sometimes they are withered untimely. — J.R.R. Tolkien
Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall. — Elrond
PRODUCTIVITY AND MOTIVATION
For the time will soon come when Hobbits will shape the fortunes of all. — Galadriel
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. — Galadriel In The Lord Of The Rings
But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow, even darkness must pass. — J.R.R. Tolkien
I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren. — J.R.R. Tolkien
But you speak of Master Gandalf, as if he was in a story that had come to an end.’ ‘Yes, we do,’ said Pippin sadly. ‘The story seems to be going on, but I am afraid Gandalf has fallen out of it. — J. R. R. Tolkien