Hope From Lotr Quotes & Sayings

Well, let's see: I started [in music] at nine and quit. Then got back to it when I was twelve. Then I became a party star. In fact, I became a party! — Richard Manuel

Not all that have fallen are vanquished. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Humility is how we get out of the way of what God wants to do. And if we stay out of God's way, then there is nothing God cannot do in us and through us. — Mark Batterson

I was ashamed to admit I was hipped to the idea of acting. That's why I started in with the props. — John Wayne

There is an intelligent way to eat a live frog - I just don't know what it is. — Sun Tzu

The power of prayer does not lie in the number or earnestness of the words you use, but in a living faith that God Himself accepts both you and your prayer into His loving heart. — Andrew Murray

You have chosen the Evening; but my love is given to the Morning. — J.R.R. Tolkien

There is one firearm for every twelve people on the planet. The only question is, 'How do we arm the other eleven?' — Yuri Orlov

Suddenly question number four popped into my mind. Have you thought about how this relationship will end? — Judy Blume

Mr. Wonka: "Don't forget what happened to the man who suddenly got everything he wanted."
Charlie Bucket: "What happened?"
Mr. Wonka: "He lived happily ever after. — Roald Dahl

Thanks to former President George W. Bush - remember the compassionate conservative? - I have a good name for the fundamental principle that should guide the Democratic alternative: compassionate deficit reduction. — Christina Romer

Having financial independence does not increase one's chances of independent, artistic creation whatsoever. Our conditioned behavior toward mimicry for the sake of market forces is an amazing syndrome. The watchtowers guide us well. — Fady Joudah

It is tempting to think that in order to change our experience of our world we need to force others to change. Such thinking is an abdication of our power to change ourselves. — Michael Lee

I wish Merry was here," he heard himself saying, and quick thoughts raced through his mind, even as he watched the enemy come charging to the assault. "Well, well, now at any rate I understand poor Denethor a little better. We might die together, Merry and I, and since die we must, why not? Well, as he is not here, I hope he'll find an easier end. But now I must do my best. — J.R.R. Tolkien

Most criminal defendants talk their way into prison. Few talk their way out. The best single piece of advice I have ever given a client is to just keep your mouth shut. Talk to no one about your case, not even your own wife. You keep close counsel with yourself. You take the nickel and you live to fight another day. — Michael Connelly

I love that New York City is a true melting pot. — Stephanie Szostak