Book Quotes and Movie Quotes from The Lord of the Rings

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.

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

'...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!'

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

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.

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.

And he that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.

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.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens

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.

Sons of Gondor! Of Rohan! My brothers! I see in your eyes the same fear that would take the heart of me! A day may come when the courage of men fails, when we forsake our friends and break all bonds of fellowship. But it is not this day. An hour of woes and shattered shields when the age of Men comes crashing down! But it is not this day! This day we fight! By all that you hold dear on this good Earth, I bid you stand! Men of the West!

You step into the Road, and if you don't keep your feet, there is no telling where you might be swept off to.

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.