--- title: "11 Hands Quotes By J. R. R. Tolkien" description: "11 Hands quotes by J. R. R. Tolkien. Plus more from J. R. R. Tolkien and more Hands sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_hands_i-d-got-hobbits-on-my-hands-hadn-t-i-318_3188985.png" --- > [I'd got hobbits on my hands hadn't I?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/i-d-got-hobbits-on-my-hands-hadn-t-i/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac8/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_hands_i-d-got-hobbits-on-my-hands-hadn-t-i-318_3188985.png) > [The burned hand teaches best.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/the-burned-hand-teaches-best/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/167/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_action_the-burned-hand-teaches-best-684393_684393.png) > [Many are the strange chances of the world, and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/many-are-the-strange-chances-of-the-world-and-help-oft-shall-come/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/82a/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_chance_many-are-the-strange-chances-of-the-worl_75767.png) > [I don't see why the likes o' thee Without axin' leave should go makin' free With the shank or the shin o'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/i-don-t-see-why-the-likes-o-thee-without-axin-leave-should-go-makin/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/798/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_belongs_i-don-t-see-why-the-likes-o-thee-without_3006258.png) > [Sleep! I feel the need of it, as never I thought any dwarf could , riding is tiring work. Yet my axe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/sleep-i-feel-the-need-of-it-as-never-i-thought-any-dwarf-could-riding/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/627/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_atheism_sleep-i-feel-the-need-of-it-as-never-i-t_2760842.png) > [The one small garden of a free gardener was all his need and due, not a garden swollen to a realm; his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/the-one-small-garden-of-a-free-gardener-was-all-his-need-and-due-not/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/160/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_command_the-one-small-garden-of-a-free-gardener_2475509.png) > [The greatest adventure is what lies ahead. Today and tomorrow are yet to be said. The chances, the changes are all yours…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/the-greatest-adventure-is-what-lies-ahead-today-and-tomorrow-are-yet/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/385/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_adventure_the-greatest-adventure-is-what-lies-ahea_697548.jpg) > [She lifted up her hand and from the ring that she wore there issued a great light that illuminated her alone and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/she-lifted-up-her-hand-and-from-the-ring-that-she-wore-there-issued-a/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/428/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_beautiful_she-lifted-up-her-hand-and-from-the-ring_2195674.png) > [So, though there was still some store of weapons in the Shire, these were used mostly as trophies, hanging above hearths or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/so-though-there-was-still-some-store-of-weapons-in-the-shire-these/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/95d/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_crowded_so-though-there-was-still-some-store-of_1663993.png) > [And you, Ringbearer' she said, turning to Frodo. 'I come to you last who are not last in my thoughts. For you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/and-you-ringbearer-she-said-turning-to-frodo-i-come-to-you-last-who/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60a/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_beautiful_and-you-ringbearer-she-said-turning-to-f_2535663.png) > [The news today about 'Atomic bombs' is so horrifying one is stunned. The utter folly of these lunatic physicists to consent to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/the-news-today-about-atomic-bombs-is-so-horrifying-one-is-stunned-the-2/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fcf/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_arise_the-news-today-about-atomic-bombs-is-so_1246786.jpg) ## Other authors on Hands ## More by J. R. R. Tolkien > [I never liked Hans Christian Andersen because I knew he was always getting at me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/i-never-liked-hans-christian-andersen-because-i-knew-he-was-always/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [No half-heartedness and no worldly fear must turn us aside from following the light unflinchingly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/no-half-heartedness-and-no-worldly-fear-must-turn-us-aside-from/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [If you don't know where you're going, you'll wind up somewhere else. Not all those who wander are lost.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/if-you-don-t-know-where-you-re-going-you-ll-wind-up-somewhere-else/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [The enemy? His sense of duty was no less than yours, I deem. You wonder what his name is, where he came from. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/the-enemy-his-sense-of-duty-was-no-less-than-yours-i-deem-you-wonder/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [Much of the same sort of degraded and filthy talk can still be heard among the orc-minded; dreary and repetitive with hatred and contempt,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/much-of-the-same-sort-of-degraded-and-filthy-talk-can-still-be-heard/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [It was a hobbit hole, and that means comfort](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/it-was-a-hobbit-hole-and-that-means-comfort/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [Adventures make one late for supper.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/adventures-make-one-late-for-supper/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the revision.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/the-lord-of-the-rings-is-of-course-a-fundamentally-religious-and/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [I have no help to send, therefore I must go myself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/i-have-no-help-to-send-therefore-i-must-go-myself/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [Many are the strange chances of the world, and help oft shall come from the hands of the weak when the Wise falter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/many-are-the-strange-chances-of-the-world-and-help-oft-shall-come/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [Mind your P's and Q's.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/mind-your-p-s-and-q-s/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [If you're going to have a complicated story you must work to a map; otherwise you'll never make a map of it afterwards.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/if-you-re-going-to-have-a-complicated-story-you-must-work-to-a-map/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [Outside the ring of dancing warriors with spears and axes stood wolves at a respectful distance, watching and waiting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/outside-the-ring-of-dancing-warriors-with-spears-and-axes-stood/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [You have to understand the good in things, to detect the real evil.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/you-have-to-understand-the-good-in-things-to-detect-the-real-evil/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) > [The mind that thought of light, heavy, grey, yellow, still, swift, also conceived of magic that would make heavy things light and able to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/the-mind-that-thought-of-light-heavy-grey-yellow-still-swift-also/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/hands/j-r-r-tolkien-2/#itemlist", "name": "11 Hands Quotes By J. R. R. 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