150 Best Lord of the Rings Quotes
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Enjoy these Lord of the Rings quotes from Gandalf, Sam, and the rest of the fellowship while having your second breakfast or elevenses (hobbit-style!).
J.R.R. Tolkien’s Lord of the Rings is maybe the most well-known and well-loved of all the epic works in the fantasy genre. There are so many distinct elements of the universe he built that it’s impossible to list them all.
From the grumpy dwarf Gimli to the at-once courageous and a little neurotic Bilbo, each character has their own entertaining and unique personality. There are no two characters that are even 75% alike!
Here is the finest Lord of the Rings quotations to encourage you to perform your best, as well as answers to some of the most often asked questions regarding the franchise’s most memorable phrases.
The Lord of the Rings
The novels in the Lord of the Rings series transcend time, language, and practically every other barrier that can be imagined. J.R.R. Tolkien’s epic fantasy trilogy has been translated into 56 languages and produced an equally enormous film franchise, as well as one of the most devoted fandoms of all time since it was originally published in the mid-1950s.
The Lord of the Rings trilogy, however, isn’t only about adventure, elves, hobbits, and monsters; it also contains some truly smart and deep statements that relate as much to living on Earth now as they did to Middle Earth once upon a time.
Then there’s the real journey that the Fellowship makes. Who doesn’t want to be a part of an epic adventure with fire, magic, and courageous heroes? That’s right, no one.
Everyone likes a good hero, and Tolkien provided us with a slew of them — as well as a slew of classic Lord of the Rings quotes to go along with them.
Best Lord of the Rings Quotes
1. “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door. You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep our feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.” –Bilbo Baggins
2. ‘If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.’ – Thorin Oakenshield
3. ‘But in the end it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.’ – Samwise Gamgee
4. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.” –Gandalf Quotes
5. “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 wolves and shattered shields, when the age of men comes crashing down. But it is not this day. This day we fight.” – Aragorn
6. “I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, the flame of Undûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass.” — Gandalf
7. “I would rather spend one lifetime with you, than face all the ages of this world alone.” Arwen
8. “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.” – Galadriel
9. “That there’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo, and it’s worth fighting for.” – Samwise Gamgee
10. “He that breaks a thing to find out what it is, has left the path of wisdom.” –Gandalf
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11. “The burned hand teaches best. After that advice about fire goes to the heart.”–Gandalf
12. “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.” –Bilbo Baggins.
13. “Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised. “ –Aragorn
14. “This quest may be attempted by the weak with as much hope as the strong. Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.” –Elrond
15. “Go in peace! I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.” — Gandalf
16. “It is useless to meet revenge with revenge.” –Frodo Baggins
17. “The treacherous are ever distrustful.” –Gandalf
18. ‘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.’ – Haldir
19. “It’s the job that’s never started that takes longest to finish.” –Samwise Gamgee.
20. “For the time will soon come when Hobbits will shape the fortunes of all.” – Galadriel
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21. “I thought up an ending for my book: ‘And he lived happily ever after, unto the end of his days.’” — Bilbo Baggins
22. “It is no bad thing to celebrate a simple life.” — Bilbo Baggins
23. “I wonder if we’ll ever be put into songs or tales.” — Lord of the Rings Quotes
24. “Even darkness must pass. A new day will come. And when the sun shines it will shine out the clearer. Those were the stories that stayed with you, that meant something, even if you were too small to understand why.” — Samwise Gamgee
25. ‘Folk seem to have been just landed in [adventures], usually — their paths were laid that way. But I expect they had lots of chances, like us, of turning back, only they didn’t. And if they had, we shouldn’t know, because they’d have been forgotten.’ – Samwise Gamgee
26. “Do not be so quick to deal out death and judgment. Even the very wise do not see all ends.” — Gandalf
27. “The old world will burn in the fires of industry. The forests will fall. A new order will rise.” — Saruman
28. ‘Don’t adventure ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story.’ – Bilbo Baggins
29. “War will make corpses of us all.” — Faramir
30. “It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing. Such a little thing.” — Boromir
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31. “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.” — Bilbo Baggins
32. “A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early; he arrives precisely when he means to.” — Gandalf
33. ‘It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in use for the succor of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule.’ – Gandalf
34. “I can avoid being seen if I wish, but to disappear entirely, that is a rare gift.” — Aragorn
35. Your time will come. You will face the same Evil, and you will defeat it.” – Arwen
36. A wizard is never late, Frodo Baggins. Nor is he early. He arrives precisely when he means to.— Gandalf
37. Many that live to deserve death. Some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them, Frodo? Do not be too eager to deal out death in judgment. Even the very wise cannot see all ends. — Lord of the Rings Quotes
38. “Evil will be drawn to you from outside the fellowship. And, I fear, from within you must trust yourself. Trust your own strengths.” – Gandalf
39. You may learn something, and whether what you see be fair or evil, that may be profitable, and yet it may not. Seeing is both good and perilous. — Galadriel
40. It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing. Such a little thing.— Boromir
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41. 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.— Haldir to the Fellowship
42. Home is behind, the world ahead, and there are many paths to tread through shadows to the edge of the night Until the stars are all alight.— J. R. R. Tolkien
43. If any of the Wise should with this Ring overthrow the Lord of Mordor, using his own arts, he would then set himself on Sauron’s throne, and yet another Dark Lord would appear.— Elrond
44. “The wise speak only of what they know.” – Gandalf
45. “Mordor. The one place in Middle-Earth we don’t want to see any closer. And it’s the one place we’re trying to get to. It’s just where we can’t get. Let’s face it, Mr. Frodo, we’re lost.” – Lord of the Rings Quotes
46. “Courage is found in unlikely places.” – Gildor
47. “Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.” — J. R. R. Tolkien quotes
48. “Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.” – Elrond
49. “You may learn something, and whether what you see be fair or evil, that may be profitable, and yet it may not. Seeing is both good and perilous.” — Galadriel
50. “You are the luckiest, the canniest, and the most reckless man I ever knew.” – Gimli
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51. “The board is set, the pieces are moving. We come to it, at last, the great battle of our time.” – Gandalf
52. “I would have gone with you to the end, into the very fires of Mordor.” — Aragorn
53. “Home is behind, the world ahead, and there are many paths to tread through shadows to the edge of night Until the stars are all alight.” — J.R.R. Tolkien
54. “But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft, it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know.” — Celeborn
55. “This day does not belong to one man but to all. Let us together rebuild this world that we may share in the days of peace.” — Lord of the Rings Quotes
56. “You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.” — J.R.R. Tolkien
57. “Your time will come. You will face the same Evil, and you will defeat it.” — Arwen
58. “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” — Thorin Oakenshield
59. “All’s well that ends better.” — Hamfast
60. “It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing, such a little thing.” — Boromir
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61. “And to that, I hold. I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.” — Arwen
62. “Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.” — Aragorn
63. “Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.” — Elrond
64. “A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.” — Aragorn
65. “Yet such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world. Small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.” — Elrond
66. “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.” — Queen Galadriel
67. “It is but a shadow and a thought that you love. I cannot give you what you seek.” — Aragorn
68. “It came to me. It’s mine, my own, my love, my precious.” — Gollum
69. He is in great fear, not knowing what mighty one may suddenly appear, wielding the Ring, and assailing him with war, seeking to cast him down and take his place. That we should wish to cast him down and have no one in his place is not a thought that occurs to his mind. That we should try to destroy the Ring itself has not yet entered into his darkest dream. – Lord of the Rings Quotes
70. “But in the end, it’s only a passing thing, this shadow; even darkness must pass.” — Sam Gamgee
Adventure Quotes
71. “Few other griefs amid the ill chances of this world have more bitterness and shame for a man’s heart than to behold the love of a lady so fair and brave that cannot be returned.” – Aragorn
72. “The Quest stands upon the edge of a knife. Stray but a little, and it will fail, to the ruin of all. Yet hope remains while the Company is true.” – Galadriel
73. “This day does not belong to one man but to all. Let us together rebuild this world that we may share in the days of peace.” – Aragorn
74. “But do not despise the lore that has come down from distant years; for oft, it may chance that old wives keep in memory word of things that once were needful for the wise to know.” – Celeborn
75. Let folly be our cloak, a veil before the eyes of the Enemy! For he is very wise and weighs all things to a nicety in the scales of his malice. But the only measure that he knows is desire, desire for power; and so he judges all hearts. Into his heart, the thought will not enter that any will refuse it, that having the Ring we may seek to destroy it. If we seek this, we shall put him out of the reckoning. – Lord of the Rings Quotes
76. “A hunted man sometimes wearies of distrust and longs for friendship.”— Aragorn
77. “Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.” — Aragorn
78. “In this hour, I do not believe that any darkness will endure.” — Faramir
79. “May it be a light to you in dark places, when all other lights go out.” — Galadriel
80. “Your time will come. You will face the same Evil, and you will defeat it.” – Arwen
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Deepest Quotes
81. “Memory is not what the heart desires. That is only a mirror.” — Gimli
82. “Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.” — Gandalf
83. “Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.” – Elrond
84. “You step into the Road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there is no knowing where you might be swept off to.”― J.R.R. Tolkien
85. “Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.” — Galadriel
86. “If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.” – Thorin Oakenshield
87. “It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.”— Sam Gamgee
88. “I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.” – Arwen
89. “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.” — Bilbo
90. ‘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.’ – Bilbo Baggins
Positive Quotes
91. ‘All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given to us.’ – Gandalf the Grey
92. “I’m glad to be with you, Samwise Gamgee… here at the end of all things.” — Frodo
93. “Not all those who wander are lost.” — Bilbo
94. “Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.” — Gimli
95. “Nobody tosses a Dwarf!” — Gimli
96. “One does not simply walk into Mordor.” — Boromir
97. “I thought up an ending for my book: ‘And he lived happily ever after, unto the end of his days.’” — Bilbo
98. “It is useless to meet revenge with revenge. It will heal nothing.” — Frodo
99. “For behold! the storm comes, and now all friends should gather together, lest each singly be destroyed.” – Gandalf
100. “This day does not belong to one man but to all. Let us together rebuild this world that we may share in the days of peace.” – Aragorn
Awesome Quotes
101. “The world is full enough of hurts and mischances without wars to multiply them.” – Warden
102. “May your beer be laid under an enchantment of surpassing excellence for seven years!” — Gandalf
103. “Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story.” – Bilbo Baggins
104. “It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in use for the succor of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule.” – Gandalf
105. “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.” — Frodo
106. “Do not trouble your hearts overmuch with the thought of the road tonight. Maybe the paths that you each shall tread are already laid before your feet, though you do not see them.” — Galadriel
107. “Who knows? Have patience. Go where you must go, and hope!” — Gandalf
108. “It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing … such a little thing.”— Boromir
109. “He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.” — Gandalf
110. Then darkness took me, and I strayed out of thought and time, and I wandered far on roads that I will not tell. Naked I was sent back – for a brief time until my task is done. – Gandalf
Life Quotes
111. “The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.” — Gildor
112. “Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.” – Gimli
113. “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.” – Haldir
114. “All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.” — Gandalf
115. “There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo… and it’s worth fighting for.” — Sam Gangee
116. “Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
117. “Few other griefs amid the ill chances of this world have more bitterness and shame for a man’s heart than to behold the love of a lady so fair and brave that cannot be returned.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
118. “I wished to be loved by another, but I desire no man’s pity.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
119. “Memory is not what the heart desires. That is only a mirror.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
120. “You cannot pass,” he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. “I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, the flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass.” – Gandalf
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Motivational Quotes
121. “For we put the thought of all that we love into all that we make.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
122. “Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
123. “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
124. “Not all those who wander are lost.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
125. “The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
126. ″‘Not this way, master!’ he pleaded. ‘There is another way. O yes indeed there is. Another way is darker, more difficult to find, and more secret. But Sméagol knows it. Let Sméagol show you!‘”– J Gollum
127. “For behold! the storm comes, and now all friends should gather together, lest each singly is destroyed.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
128. “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
129. “Many of the Ents are younger than I am, by many lives of trees. They are all roused now, and their mind is all on one thing: breaking Isengard. But they will start thinking again before long; they will cool down a little . . . But let them march now and sing! We have a long way to go, and there is time ahead for thought. It is something to have started.”- Lord of the Rings Quotes
130. “I am glad you are here with me. Here at the end of all things.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
Good Life Quotes
131. “I am going with him if he climbs to the Moon.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
132. “Don’t go where I can’t follow!” – J.R.R. Tolkien
133. “You can trust us to stick to you through thick and thin—to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours—closer than you yourself keep it. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
134. “Speak, or I will make a dent in your hat that even a wizard will find it hard to deal with!” – J.R.R. Tolkien
135. “Elves and Dragons! Cabbages and potatoes are better for me and you. Don’t go getting mixed up in the business of your betters, or you’ll land in trouble too big for you.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
136. “Yes, I am here. And you are lucky to be here too after all the absurd things you’ve done since you left home.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
137. “It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
138. “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
139. “Courage will now be your best defense against the storm that is at hand—that and such hope as I bring.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
140. “The prime motive was the desire of a tale-teller to try his hand at a really long story that would hold the attention of readers, amuse them, delight them, and at times maybe excite them or deeply move them.”- J.R.R. Tolkien
Change Quotes
141. “The praise of the praiseworthy is above all rewards.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
142. We must take a hard road, a road unforeseen. There lies our hope if hope it be. To walk into peril – to Mordor. We must send the Ring to the Fire.— Elrond
143. “Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed.” – J.R.R. Tolkien
144. “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.” — Bilbo
145. “You can trust us to stick with you through thick and thin — to the bitter end. And you can trust us to keep any secret of yours — closer than you keep it yourself. But you cannot trust us to let you face trouble alone, and go off without a word. We are your friends, Frodo.” — Merry
146. “Such is oft the course of deeds that move the wheels of the world: small hands do them because they must, while the eyes of the great are elsewhere.” — Elrond
147. “Maybe the paths that you each shall tread are already laid before your feet, though you do not see them.” — Lady Galadriel
148. “Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story.” — Bilbo
149. “The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out.” — Gildor
150. “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.” — Bilbo
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