The Lord of the Rings

A young Hobbit named Frodo (Guard) is thrown on an amazing adventure, when he is appointed the job of destroying the one ring which was created by the dark lord Sauron. He is assigned with warriors including Gandalf (Squire), Aragorn (Hurt) and Boromir (Cox). It's not going to be an easy journey for the Fellowship of the Ring, on the ultimate quest to rid Middle-Earth of all evil.

46 quotes to memorize

Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.

Aragorn(The Lord of the Rings)
valorhumility

Not all those who wander are lost.

Aragorn (via poetry)(The Lord of the Rings)
adventureidentity

The time of the Elves is over. Do we leave Middle-earth to its fate?

Elrond(The Lord of the Rings)
changefate

There’s no going back. We have to finish this.

Frodo Baggins(The Lord of the Rings)
resolve

You must understand, young hobbit, it takes a great deal of courage to stand up to your enemies, but a great deal more to stand up to your friends.

Gandalf(The Lord of the Rings)
couragefriendship

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

Gandalf(The Lord of the Rings)
blessingtravel

My precious.

Gollum(The Lord of the Rings)
obsession

Every journey begins with a single step.

Bilbo Baggins(The Lord of the Rings)
journeywisdom

You shall not pass!

Gandalf(The Lord of the Rings)
braveryiconic

Don't adventures ever have an end?

Bilbo Baggins(The Lord of the Rings)
adventure

Even darkness must pass. A new day will come.

Samwise Gamgee(The Lord of the Rings)
hope

We cannot get out. A shadow moves in the dark.

Book of Mazarbul(The Lord of the Rings)
dangerfear

The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair.

Haldir(The Lord of the Rings)
hope

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

Gildor Inglorion(The Lord of the Rings)
worldfreedom

Mordor, Gandalf, is it left or right?

Frodo Baggins(The Lord of the Rings)
questtravel

The quest stands upon the edge of a knife.

Galadriel(The Lord of the Rings)
dangerrisk

It’s a dangerous business, Frodo, going out your door.

Bilbo Baggins(The Lord of the Rings)
adventurewarning

May it be a light for you in dark places, when all other lights go out.

Galadriel(The Lord of the Rings)
hope

Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.

Gimli(The Lord of the Rings)
loyaltyfriendship

The hearts of men are easily corrupted.

Elrond(The Lord of the Rings)
corruption

I can’t carry it for you, but I can carry you.

Samwise Gamgee(The Lord of the Rings)
friendshipsupport

Courage, Merry, courage for our friends.

Eowyn(The Lord of the Rings)
courage

I am no man!

Éowyn(The Lord of the Rings)
defianceempowerment

There’s no strength in numbers, unless the right ones join up.

Gandalf(The Lord of the Rings)
teamwork

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

Galadriel(The Lord of the Rings)
destinyhope

There is no life in the void, only death.

Sauron(The Lord of the Rings)
darkness

I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.

Arwen(The Lord of the Rings)
love

The Ring has awoken. It’s heard its master’s call.

Gandalf(The Lord of the Rings)
ringpower

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

Samwise Gamgee(The Lord of the Rings)
workmotivation

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them.

J.R.R. Tolkien (narration)(The Lord of the Rings)
ringpower

So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide.

Gandalf(The Lord of the Rings)
fatewisdom

I will take the Ring, though I do not know the way.

Frodo Baggins(The Lord of the Rings)
braverysacrifice

The fires of Mordor will spread and all that was once green and good in this world will be gone.

Saruman(The Lord of the Rings)
dangerevil

I wish the Ring had never come to me.

Frodo Baggins(The Lord of the Rings)
regretfate

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

Gandalf(The Lord of the Rings)
timewisdom

Mordor draws all wicked things.

Aragorn(The Lord of the Rings)
evil

The enemy is moving.

Aragorn(The Lord of the Rings)
danger

Let him not vow to walk in the dark, who has not seen the nightfall.

Elrond(The Lord of the Rings)
wisdomwarning

It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing… such a little thing.

Boromir(The Lord of the Rings)
fearthe ring

We must take a hard road, a road unforeseen. There lies our hope, if hope it be.

Elrond(The Lord of the Rings)
journeyhope

You are no fool, and you do not lack courage.

Aragorn(The Lord of the Rings)
courage

I am Gandalf. And Gandalf means me!

Gandalf(The Lord of the Rings)
identityhumor

All shall love me and despair!

Galadriel(The Lord of the Rings)
power

A day may come when the courage of men fails, but it is not this day.

Aragorn(The Lord of the Rings)
courageinspiration

For Frodo.

Aragorn(The Lord of the Rings)
friendshipbravery

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

Samwise Gamgee(The Lord of the Rings)
hopegoodness

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