We could fill pages with marvelous quotes from J. R. R. Tolkien. Here are a few of my favorites:
“Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”
“It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.”
“It is useless to meet revenge with revenge; it will heal nothing.”
“And then her heart changed, or at least she understood it; and the winter passed, and the sun shone upon her.”
“It’s the job that’s never started that takes longest to finish.”
“All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”
“If more of us valued food and cheer and song above hoarded gold, it would be a merrier world.”
“Even the smallest person can change the course of the future.”
“Courage is found in unlikely places.”
And from the movie adaptation, a quote that speaks to the heart of The Lord of the Rings Trilogy:
“There’s some good in this world, Mr. Frodo. And it’s worth fighting for.”