J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

Deep roots are not reached by the frost.

Today's mighty oak is just yesterday's nut, that held its ground.

If you would know strength and patience, welcome the company of trees.

Why doesn't constant trampling defeat the dandelion? The key to its strength is its long and sturdy root, which extends deep into the earth. The same priciple applies to people. The true victors in life are those who, enduring repeated challenges and setbacks, have sent the roots of their being to such a depth that nothing can shake them.

Be like the cliff against which the waves continually break; but it stands firm and tames the fury of the water around it.

Quitting is unthinkable and pain is just weakness leaving the body

I'm going to keep on keeping on as long as I've got my health and strength, and God gives me that will to do it.

Nobody can protect anybody else from vileness. Or from pain. All you can do is not let it break you in half and keep on going until you get to the other side.

Be strong, be brave, be true. Endure.

Never ask the Gods for life set free from grief, but ask for courage that endureth long.

People say, That which doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But they are wrong. What doesn't kill you doesn't kill you. That's all you get. Sometimes, you just have to hope that's enough.

Men can bear all things but good days.

He who says patience, says courage, endurance, strength.

Only the strongest are put through the fire,' Josiah said. 'And the forge creates things of great strength and beauty.' 'Then I shall be truly glorious by the time my tenure ends.

To be fully human is...to know that it's possible to face the unimaginable and somehow put one foot in front of the other.

Either a wise man will not go into bunkers, or, being in, he will endure such things as befall him with patience.

Hope doesn't require a massive chain where heavy links of logic hold it together. A thin wire will do...just strong enough to get us through the night until the winds die down.

Patience has the meaning of testing-a thing drawn out and tested, drawn out to the last strand in a strain without breaking, and ending in sheer joy. The strain on a violin string when stretched to the uttermost gives it its strength; and the stronger the strain, the finer is the sound of our life for God, and He never strains more than we are able to bear.

Study the teachings of the pine tree, the bamboo, and the plum blossom. The pine is evergreen, firmly rooted, and venerable. The bamboo is strong, resilient, unbreakable. The plum blossom is hardy, fragrant, and elegant.

Faith is facing reality without being discouraged by it.

The thing that matters is not what you bear, but how you bear it

We are powerful because we have survived

Hope is like an anchor. Our hope in Christ stabilizes us in the storms of life, but unlike an anchor, it does not hold us back.

By time and toil we sever What strength and rage could never.