100+ Cool Lord of the Rings Quotes That Will Inspire & Amaze

"Courage is found in unlikely places."

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

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

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

"It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt."

"Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens."

"You stand between the hammer and the anvil."

"The brave find hope in danger."

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

"Oft hope is born when all is forlorn."

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

"Not all those who wander are lost."

"Do not be hasty, who know the power of the enemy."

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."

"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them?"

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

"Even the wise cannot see all ends."

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

"True courage is about knowing not when to take a life, but when to spare one."

"I am not going to do what you are trying to make me do."

"End? In my time, I have seen three ages pass. And I shall not tell you my age, young Hobbit."

"Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt."

"You cannot pass!"

"Fly, you fools!"

"I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone."

"We're going to be friends of his and come back and have tea."

"I made a promise, Mr. Frodo. A promise: 'Don't you leave him, Samwise Gamgee.' And I don’t mean to."

"You carry the fate of us all, little one."

"Together, my friends, we shall endure."

"If by my life or death I can protect you, I will."

"We come to it at last: the great battle of our time."

"I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way."

"You have my sword."

"You have my bow."

"You have my axe."

"One does not simply walk into Mordor."

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

"Even darkness must pass."

"It’s like in the great stories, Mr. Frodo. The ones that really mattered."

"There is always hope."

"When the sun shines on the leaves again, then you may look for us."

"Though all the lights go out in the world, we will kindle our own."

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

"I wish it need not have happened in my time."

"So it is said, and so shall it be."

"We may yet stand if we fight."

"Even the smallest act of kindness can change someone’s world."

"It’s the hopeful who do the impossible."

"The Ring is treacherous, it will hold you in its power."

"Do not use the Arkenstone as a weapon of wrath!"

"The desire of the Ring is to be found."

"Evil will be drawn to it, as sure as darkness is drawn to light."

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

"I have come to claim what is mine!"

"Who are you, who are so bold to dare speak to me?"

"The Great Eye is now blind to us."

"Nothing is evil in the beginning. Even Sauron was not so."

"I will not take the Ring to wield it."

"The Ring came to me, in the hour of need."

"Power is not proven by strength, but by control."

"The Shire! The trees, the fields, the rivers…"

"Lothlórien! The fairest of all the dwellings of my people."

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

"Green grows the grass where no feet are."

"The beauty of the world has been washed away."

"The stars are new and bright tonight."

"The white shores and the far green country under a swift sunrise."

"The forest is old, very old. So old that almost I feel young again."

"In every wood, in every spring, there is a different greeting."

"The earth moves slowly, but it keeps its secrets well."

"The sea calls to me always."

"Even the smallest flower holds a story."

"A king may command less than a man."

"The king returns!"

"I am not afraid. Not while I can still feel the breath within me."

"Let us cross the river and drive into the heart of the storm."

"My body is broken. You need a king. I need healing."

"I do not wish to be a prince of a fallen people, a lord of dwarves defeated, a king under the mountains crowned with weeds."

"The way is shut. It was made by those who are dead, and the dead keep it."

"The hands of the king are the hands of a healer."

"I will not let the sickness of Gondor spread further."

"I will lead them into battle myself."

"Aragorn son of Arathorn, you are such as I have never seen."

"Destiny is not decided by strength alone."

"He fell into the shadow."

"He was taken by both Shadow and Flame."

"Send word to all our allies, and to all the free peoples: war has come."

"I gave him a choice: to stay here and rot, or follow me."

"You know nothing of loss, until you have lost everything."

"Boromir! No!"

"I tried to take the Ring from him."

"He saved my life at the cost of his own."

"They went into the West and passed away."

"What grace is given me, let it pass to him."

"His grief he will not forget, but it will not darken forever."

"Death is just another path, one that we all must take."

"A wizard is never late, nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to."

"I’m coming to bed. I’ve heard enough elf-music for one night."

"Where are you leading us?" — "To the land of milk and honey!"

"I think I'm getting the hang of this hobbit-living."

"You’re late!" — "A wizard is never late..."

"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."

"Merry, you're supposed to blow the horn, not eat it!"

"Second breakfast? What about elevenses?"

"I’m glad you’re here with me. Wherever we go."

"Well, this is unexpected."

"I’m not going to wait for the weather to improve."

"Hobbits really are amazing creatures."

"I wish you all health and long life, and may your paths be safe after I am gone."

"The time comes at last when even the Great must depart."

"We set out from Rivendell, and we return—but not all of us."

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

"It is not our part to master all the tides of the world."

"We walked through fire, but we did not break."

"The board is cleared, the game is played."

"The grey rain-curtain turned all to silver glass."

"The West has failed. But something else may begin."

"Farewell, good and gentle Hobbits."

"May your spirits rise on the wings of eagles."

"Until we meet again, in the blessed realm."