J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

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

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspirational, Life, Encouraging

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.48, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• It simply isn't an adventure worth telling if there aren't any dragons.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Adventure, Dragons, Ifs

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• The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
  Today and tomorrow are yet to be said.
  The chances, the changes are all yours to make.
  The mold of your life is in your hands to break.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Lying, Adventure, Hands

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• The birth, death, and resurrection of Jesus means that one day everything sad will come untrue.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Jesus, Mean, One Day

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• How do you move on? You move on when your heart finally understands that there is no turning back.

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  Moving, Heart, No Turning Back

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• It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspirational, Life, Meaningful

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• True education is a kind of never ending story — a matter of continual beginnings, of habitual fresh starts, of persistent newness.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Stories, Matter, Fresh Start

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• The greatest adventure is what lies ahead

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Lying, Future, Adventure

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• The chief purpose of life, for any of us, is to increase according to our capacity our knowledge of God by all means we have, and to be moved by it to praise and thanks.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Mean, Purpose, Knowledge Of God

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

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Hope, Optimistic, Fighting

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• 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.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Faith, Strong, Kings

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.127, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• 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.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Death, Wish, Fellowship

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Lord of the Rings: One Volume”, p.48, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Self, Heroism, Preservation

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• The main mark of modern governments is that we do not know who governs, de facto any more than de jure. We see the politician and not his backer; still less the backer of the backer; or, what is most important of all, the banker of the backer.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Government, Important, Bankers

  "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien". Book by J. R. R. Tolkien, edited by Humphrey Carpenter, 1981.

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• Let the unseen days be. Today is more than enough.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Unseen, Today, Enough

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Children of Húrin”, p.28, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Above all shadows rides the sun.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Shadow, Sun, Finches

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.888, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Pro Life, Abortion, Fellowship

  "Fictional character: Galadriel". "The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring", www.imdb.com. 2001.

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• A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspirational, Life, Inspiring

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

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Talking, Speak, Habit

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Two Towers: Being the Second Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.485, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• May the wind under your wings bear you where the sun sails and the moon walks.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspirational, Life, Travel

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Hobbit”, p.65, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Fellowship of the Ring: Being the First Part of The Lord of the Rings”, p.255, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Doors, Going Out, Lord Of The Ring

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• Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Deeds, Inspiring Movie, Middle Earth

  J.R.R. Tolkien (2012). “The Return of the King: Being the Third Part of the Lord of the Rings”, p.767, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Little by little, one travels far

  J. R. R. Tolkien

  Inspirational, Life, Wisdom

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• There are truths, that are beyond us, transcendent truths, about beauty, truth, honor, etc. There are truths that man knows exist, but they cannot be seen - they are immaterial, but no less real, to us. It is only through the language of myth that we can speak of these truths.

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  Real, Men, Honor

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