Short cuts make long delays.
J. R. R. TOLKIENDo 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?
More J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes
-
-
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 -
In sorrow we must go, but not in despair. Behold! we are not bound for ever to the circles of the world, and beyond them is more than memory.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
Your time may come. Do not be too sad, Sam. You cannot be always torn in two. You will have to be one and whole, for many years. You have so much to enjoy and to be, and to do.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
Not all those who wander are lost.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
For even the very wise cannot see all ends.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
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 wrecked by the frost.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
False hopes are more dangerous than fears.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
For like a shaft, clear and cold, the thought pierced him that in the end the Shadow was only a small and passing thing: there was light and high beauty for ever beyond its reach.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
His grief he will not forget; but it will not darken his heart, it will teach him wisdom.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN -
Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on on the story.
J. R. R. TOLKIEN