20 Best J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”

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“I will not say, do not weep, for not all tears are an evil.”

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

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“I warn you, if you bore me, I shall take my revenge.”

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“Short cuts make long delays.”

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“All that is gold does not glitter,
Not all those who wander are lost”

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“Home is behind, the world ahead,
And there are many paths to tread”

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

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“A man that flies from his fear may find that he has only taken a short cut to meet it.”

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“The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.”

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“It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.”

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“Deep roots are not reached by the frost.”

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

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“I will not walk backward in life.”

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

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“Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.”

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“Courage is found in unlikely places”

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“No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.”

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“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”

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“Little by little, one travels far.”

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