J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

The stone is strong. Bran told himself, the roots of the trees go deep, and under the ground the Kings of Winter sit their thrones. So long as those remained, Winterfell remained. It was not dead, just broken. Like me, he thought. I'm not dead either.

Through these adversities, Israel has endured with continued strength, conviction, and faith.

Faced with destruction, the Jewish people survived.

I think you make the best with what you've got, you know? Sometimes you have very little. And you just always try to rise to higher ground, because you're going to suffer one way or the other, so you just hope that you have strength and perseverance and good friends and faith, some kind of faith, to endure and move on to greener pastures.

I think that hope is the act of continuing in the face of the truth.

Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.

Ideally, I'm also sending a message that everything passes, even hope, and sometimes you have to be patient while you wait for it to come back around again.

When all else is lost, the future still remains.

Never be discouraged. If I were sunk in the lowest pits of Nova Scotia, with the Rocky Mountains piled on me, I would hang on, exercise faith, and keep up good courage, and I would come out on top.

Be patient, my soul: thou hath suffered worse than this.

Pessimism is a luxury that a Jew can never allow himself.

Life is such a precious gift. Whatever life throws at us, if we could just learn to get through that day and hang on to the next, you never know what may come. It may get worse, but you never know.

And if you don't believe the sun will rise, stand alone and greet the coming night in the last remaining light.

We really feel happier when things look bleak. Hope is endurance. Hope is holding on and going on and trusting in the Lord.

I have woven a parachute out of everything broken.

Hope dies last.

Man will not merely endure; he will prevail...

God is with those who persevere.

Never despair, but if you do, work on in despair.

Remember, those that wait upon the Lord will rise up with wings like eagles, and they will run and not be weary. And don't you ever be weary, because the battle goes on, year after year, and we need all of you young people to join us in the battle.

I have watched men suffer the anguish of imprisonment, defy appalling human cruelty... break for a moment, then recover inhuman strength to defy their enemies once more.

That's what is incredible about human beings, is the choice to keep going.

We always have hope. Hope dies last.

The only way to survive is to get back up.

You must be strong, dear brothers and sisters. You must be strong with the strength that comes from faith.