LOTR BOOK QUOTES

“All that is gold does not glitter, Not all those who wander are lost.” – Gandalf

“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.”

“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.” – Bilbo Baggins

“Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.” – Aragorn

“I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.” – Gandalf

“Do not be so quick to deal out death and judgement. Even the very wise cannot see all ends.” – Gandalf

“His love for Frodo rose above all other thoughts, and forgetting his peril he cried aloud: ‘I’m coming, Mr. Frodo!’ He ran forward to the tree, a great shadow descended like a falling cloud. And behold! It was a Winged Nazgûl.” – Sam

“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: the city of the Men of Númenor, and I would have her loved for her memory, her ancientry, her beauty, and her present wisdom.” – Faramir

“Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.” – Galadriel

“The sun will shine on us again, my dear Frodo. The shadows will flee away.” – Sam

“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.” – Gandalf

“I have come. But I do not choose now to do what I came to do. I will not do this deed. The Ring is mine!” – Frodo

“There is only one Lord of the Ring, only one who can bend it to his will. And he does not share power.” – Gandalf

“I will take the Ring. Though I do not know the way.” – Frodo

“He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.” – Gandalf THE BEST QUOTES ABOUT LOVE AND FRIENDSHIP

“Even the darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines, it will shine out the clearer.” – Sam

“The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands, love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.” – Haldir

“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

“For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty forever beyond its reach.” – Frodo

“It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.” – Gandalf

“I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.” – Arwen

“The treacherous are ever distrustful.” – Legolas

“I will not be dark, but beautiful and terrible as the Morning and the Night! Fair as the Sea and the Sun and the Snow upon the Mountain! Dreadful as the Storm and the Lightning! Stronger than the foundations of the earth. All shall love me and despair!” – Galadriel

“Where there’s life, there’s hope.” – Sam

“He who breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.” – Gandalf

“Courage is found in unlikely places.” – Gildor

“There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.” – Sam

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.” – Gimli

“It is not for us to decide the times in which we live. All we can do is decide what to do with the time that is given us.” – Gandalf