--- title: "13 Rings Quotes By J. R. R. Tolkien" description: "13 Rings quotes by J. R. R. Tolkien. Plus more from J. R. R. Tolkien and more Rings sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b5/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_amazing-book_all-that-is-gold-does-not-glitter-229375_2293753.png" --- > [All that is gold does not glitter.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/all-that-is-gold-does-not-glitter/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b5/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_amazing-book_all-that-is-gold-does-not-glitter-229375_2293753.png) > [I don't feel any guilt complex about The Lord of the Rings.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/i-don-t-feel-any-guilt-complex-about-the-lord-of-the-rings/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9fa/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_complexes_i-don-t-feel-any-guilt-complex-about-the_608500.png) > [There is some good in this world, and it's worth fighting for.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/there-is-some-good-in-this-world-and-it-s-worth-fighting-for/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_being-optimistic_there-is-some-good-in-this-world-and-it_2313522.png) > [And the Ring is so heavy, Sam. I begin to see it in my mind all the time, like a great wheel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/and-the-ring-is-so-heavy-sam-i-begin-to-see-it-in-my-mind-all-the/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/871/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_fire_and-the-ring-is-so-heavy-sam-i-begin-to_2394591.png) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/14f/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_axes_outside-the-ring-of-dancing-warriors-wit_92925.png) > [Renewed shall be blade that was broken, The crownless again shall be king.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/renewed-shall-be-blade-that-was-broken-the-crownless-again-shall-be/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c8d/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_blades_renewed-shall-be-blade-that-was-broken-t_1036908.png) > [The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe2/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_catholic_the-lord-of-the-rings-is-of-course-a-fun_67584.jpg) > [You can make the Ring into an allegory of our own time, if you like: and allegory of the inevitable fate that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/you-can-make-the-ring-into-an-allegory-of-our-own-time-if-you-like/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2d5/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_allegory_you-can-make-the-ring-into-an-allegory-o_2313193.jpg) > [They must understand that – Elrond and the Council, and the great Lords and Ladies with all their wisdom. Their plans have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/they-must-understand-that-elrond-and-the-council-and-the-great-lords/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/217/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_frodo_they-must-understand-that-elrond-and-the_1063847.jpg) > [ One writes such a story \[The Lord of the Rings\] not out of the leaves of trees still to be observed, nor… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/one-writes-such-a-story-the-lord-of-the-rings-not-out-of-the-leaves/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e14/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_botany_one-writes-such-a-story-the-lord-of-the_2687967.png) > [I should say that, in addition to my tree - love (it was originally called The Tree), it arose from my own…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/i-should-say-that-in-addition-to-my-tree-love-it-was-originally/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_analysis_i-should-say-that-in-addition-to-my-tree_3061615.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) > [The Lord of the Rings is of course a fundamentally religious and Catholic work; unconsciously so at first, but consciously in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/j-r-r-tolkien-2/the-lord-of-the-rings-is-of-course-a-fundamentally-religious-and-2/) [J. R. R. Tolkien](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/j-r-r-tolkien-2/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ff3/j-r-r-tolkien-2-1316_catholic_the-lord-of-the-rings-is-of-course-a-fun_665579.png) ## Other authors on Rings ## 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/rings/j-r-r-tolkien-2/#itemlist", "name": "13 Rings Quotes By J. R. R. 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