24 Most Inspirational J.R.R. Tolkien Quotes On Success

1. “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

2. “Not all those who wander are lost.”-J.R.R. Tolkien

3. “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

4. “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.”-J.R.R. Tolkien

5. “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”-J.R.R. Tolkien

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

7. “Never laugh at live dragons.”-J.R.R. Tolkien

8. “There is some good in this world, and it’s worth fighting for.”-J.R.R. Tolkien

9. “Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”-J.R.R. Tolkien

10. “The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”-J.R.R. Tolkien

11. Deserves it! I daresay he does. 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. For even the very wise cannot see all ends.”-J.R.R. Tolkien

12. “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.”-J.R.R. Tolkien

13. “I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.”-J.R.R. Tolkien

14. “Fantasy is escapist, and that is its glory. If a soldier is imprisioned by the enemy, don’t we consider it his duty to escape?. . .If we value the freedom of mind and soul, if we’re partisans of liberty, then it’s our plain duty to escape, and to take as many people with us as we can!”-J.R.R. Tolkien

15. “The Road goes ever on and on down from the door where it began.Now far ahead the Road has gone,and I must follow, if I can,pursuing it with eager feet,until it joins some larger way.Where many paths and errands meet.And whither then? I cannot say”-J.R.R. Tolkien

16. “Three Rings for the Elven-kings under the sky, Seven for the Dwarf-lords in 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.”-J.R.R. Tolkien

17. “War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend.”-J.R.R. Tolkien

18. “Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?”-J.R.R. Tolkien

19. “Still round the corner there may wait. A new road or a secret gate and though I oft have passed them by a day will come at last when I shall take the hidden paths that run West of the Moon, East of the Sun.”-J.R.R. Tolkien

20. “Little by little, one travels far”-J.R.R. Tolkien

21. “I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things, Sam.”-J.R.R. Tolkien

22. “Courage is found in unlikely places.”-J.R.R. Tolkien

23. “It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.”-J.R.R. Tolkien

24. “May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.”-J.R.R. Tolkien