Quotes by J. R. R. Tolkien

...I [Gandalf] may be away for a good while; but I'll come and see you [Frodo] again, as soon as I can. Expect me when you see me! I shall slip in quietly. I shan't often be visiting the Shire openly again. I find that I have become rather unpopular. They

There's some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it's worth fighting for.

But the hearts of men are easily corrupted.

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like.

Go not to the Elves for counsel, for they will say both no and yes.

There is nothing like looking, if you want to find something.

Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.

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

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places.

Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life.

It is not the strength of the body, but the strength of the spirit.

The old that is strong does not wither, Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

Short cuts make long delays.

I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.

There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it’s worth fighting for.

I wish it need not have happened in my time, said Frodo.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.

It's the job that's never started as takes longest to finish.

The road goes ever on and on, down from the door where it began.

The wise speak only of what they know.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us