J.R.R. Tolkien Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Above all shadows rides the sun.

Above all shadows rides the sun.

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

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

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

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

A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.

A single dream is more powerful than a thousand realities.

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

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

Courage is found in unlikely places.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.

You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.

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

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

It is no bad thing celebrating a simple life.

It is no bad thing celebrating a simple life.

You can only come to the morning through the shadows.

You can only come to the morning through the shadows.

Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.

Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

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

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

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

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

Do not spoil the wonder with haste!

Do not spoil the wonder with haste!

The greatest adventure is what lies ahead

The greatest adventure is what lies ahead

The world is not in your books and maps, it's out there.

The world is not in your books and maps, it's out there.

False hopes are more dangerous than fears.

False hopes are more dangerous than fears.

For we put the thought of all that we love into all that we make.

For we put the thought of all that we love into all that we make.

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

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

His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.

His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.