J. R. R. Tolkien Quotes

I think women in general, we just soldier on. Whatever it takes, you just have to do it. It's your job. Whatever it is.

Whatever it takes its fine.

He ran as he'd never run before, with neither hope nor despair. He ran because the world was divided into opposites and his side had already been chosen for him, his only choice being whether or not to play his part with heart and courage. He ran because fate had placed him in a position of responsibility and he had accepted the burden. He ran because his self-respect required it. He ran because he loved his friends and this was the only thing he could do to end the madness that was killing and maiming them.

We will persevere, come life or death.

To the stars through thorns.

I may not be able to do it but I’ll die trying.

Soldiers, I intend to stay here, not only as long as a man remains, but as long as a piece of a man is left.

Coming out of Juilliard, I honestly was expecting and willing to be breaking my neck, hustling, and being unemployed for a decade, two decades. I was gritting my teeth, but I was so down to do that.

I'm used to working hard and making sacrifices.

The early days were really difficult because it was constant no's, I didn't have an agent. I always knew that I had something to offer, but it just felt like I could never get someone to give me a chance.

It's all right Wayne," Waxillium said softly. "I've made a promise. I told Lord Harms I'd return Steris to him. And I will. That is that." "Then I will remain and help," Marasi said. "That is that." "And I could really use some food," Wayne added. "Fat is fat.

We have come too far, - struggled too long, - sacrificed too much and have too much left to do, - to allow that which we have achieved for the good of all to be swept away without a fight. And we have not forgotten how to fight.

In order to 'hold fast' to something, one must allow oneself to be held to something. That commitment may be one of the hardest things to practice in a world of so much choice.

There are so many ways to be brave in this world. Sometimes bravery involves laying down your life for something bigger than yourself, or for someone else. Sometimes it involves giving up everything you have ever known, or everyone you have ever loved, for the sake of something greater. But sometimes it doesn't. Sometimes it is nothing more than gritting your teeth through pain, and the work of every day, the slow walk toward a better life. That is the sort of bravery I must have now.

Although our fight will be long and hard, our people are resolved to fight till final victory.

To hold on, you have to find something you’re willing to die for.

What must be done must be done, whatever the price, the cost, the pain. One day we all must walk through fire.

Every person who wins in any undertaking must be willing to burn his ships and cut all sources of retreat.

They wrong man greatly who say he is to be seduced by ease. Difficulty, abnegation, martyrdom, death are the allurements that act on the heart of man.

Joe, God Almighty hates a quitter. I have been a soldier in actual war, and I am a faithful soldier of Reed now, but my general [i.e. Manley] has deserted me.

I am not better or cleverer than anyone of you. But I remain undaunted, and that is why the leadership belongs to me. In darker moments than the present I did not lose courage—indeed I made still greater sacrifices.

All great careers are carved out by the sword.

Holding It Down

I've said to people before that I'm going to do my very best to make it, and I'm not going to give up. And that's true. But I might not make it. And if I don't make it, the Marathon of Hope better continue.