J. R. R. Tolkien (1892-1973) South African-born English Novelist, Scholar
These J. R. R. Tolkien quotes and sayings are from our famous and inspiring collection.Still round the corner there may wait, a new road or a secret gate. - J. R. R. Tolkien
It's a job that's never started that takes the longest to finish. - J. R. R. Tolkien
The burned hand teaches best. - J. R. R. Tolkien
The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot for ever fence it out. (The Fellowship of the Ring) - J. R. R. Tolkien
Handsome is as handsome does. - J. R. R. Tolkien
Other evils there are that may come; for Sauron is himself but a servant or emissary. Yet it is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule. (The Return of the King) - J. R. R. Tolkien
Deep roots are not reached by frost. - J. R. R. Tolkien
Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards, for they are subtle and quick to anger. - J. R. R. Tolkien