The best Quotes from Lord of the Rings

Gimli: "I never thought I'd die fighting side by side with an elf."
Legolas: "What about side by side with a friend?"
Gimli: "Aye, I could do that."

For it is easier to shout "stop!" than to do it.

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 to us.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens

How do you pick up the threads of an old life? How do you go on, when in your heart you begin to understand... there is no going back? There are some things that time cannot mend. Some hurts that go too deep, that have taken hold.

Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.

I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone. I choose a mortal life.

Night changes many thoguhts.

How could the world go back to the way it was when so much bad had happened? But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow. Even darkness must pass. A new day will come, and when the sun shines, it’ll shine out the clearer.

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

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.

My friends… you bow to no one!

I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to.

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

A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.

You must understand, young Hobbit, it takes a long time to say anything in Old Entish. And we never say anything unless it is worth taking a long time to say.

Gimli: "Toss me!"
Aragorn: "What?"
Gimli: "I cannot jump the distance. You'll have to toss me... don't tell the elf!"

Let them come! There is one Dwarf yet in Moria who still draws breath.

Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.

Gimli: "What's happening out there?"
Legolas: "Shall I describe it to you... or would you like me to find you a box?"

I’m wasted on cross-country. We dwarves are natural sprinters. Very dangerous over short distances.

Certainty of death. Small chance of success. What are we waiting for?

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.

Side? I am on nobody's side, because nobody is on my side, little orc. No one cares for the woods anymore.

Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky,
Seven for the Dwarf-lords in their 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.

You would die before your stroke fell.

If anyone was to ask for my opinion, which I note they’re not, I’d say we were taking the long way around.

Never is too long a word even for me.

I always like going south. Somehow it feels like going downhill.

Not idly do the leaves of Lorien fall.

Many of these trees were my friends. Creatures I had known from nut and acorn.

The world is changed. I feel it in the water. I feel it in the earth. I smell it in the air.

Frodo: "But I am going to Mordor."
Sam: "I know that well enough, Mr. Frodo. Of course you are. And I'm coming with you."

"And what do you wish?", he said at last.
"That what should be shall be", she answered.

I am old, Gandalf. I don't look it, but I am beginning to feel it in my heart of hearts. Well-preserved indeed! Why, I feel all thin, sort of stretched, if you know what I mean: like butter that has been scraped over too much bread. That can't be right. I need a change, or something.

I am Aragorn son of Arathorn; and if by life or death I can save you, I will.

It is not possible in a long tale to please everybody at all points, nor to displease everybody at the same points.

Gimli: "I have the eyes of a hawk and the ears of a fox."
Haldir: "The dwarf breathes so loud, we could have shot him in the dark."

Well, this is a thing unheard-of. An Elf will go underground where a Dwarf dare not? Oh, I'd never hear the end of it.

Soon, Master Elf, you will enjoy the fabled hospitality of the Dwarves. Roaring fires, malt beer, ripe meat off the bone.

'...Do we walk in legends or on the green earth in the daylight?'
'A man may do both,' said Aragorn. 'For not we but those who come after will make the legends of our time. The green earth, say you? That is a mighty matter of legend, though you tread it under the light of day!'

A red sun rises. Blood has been spilled this night.

"I have looked the last on that which was fairest," he said to Legolas his companion. "Henceforth I will call nothing fair unless it be her gift."

"The deeds of Men will outlast us, Gimli."
"And yet come to naught in the end but might-have-beens, I guess", said the Dwarf.
"To that the Elves know not the answer", said Legolas.

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them,
One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them

From the ashes, a fire shall be woken. A light from the shadow shall spring. Renewed shall be blade that was broken. The crownless again shall be king.

There can be no triumph without loss. No victory without suffering. No freedom without sacrifice.

Hobbits really are amazing creatures. You can learn all there is to know about their ways in a month, and yet after a hundred years they can still surprise you.

I don't want to be in a battle, but waiting on the edge of one I can't escape is even worse.

May they find peace after death.
[Hiro hyn hîdh ab 'wanath.}