Hobbits Quote by Will Schwalbe

“I suppose hobbits need some descriptions nowadays, since they have become rare and shy of the Big people, as they call us.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“They know it when they see it—it’s the ability to dig down and find the strength even when things are going against you.”

— Carol S. Dweck

“There is a seed of courage hidden (often deeply, it is true) in the heart of the fattest and most timid hobbit.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Perhaps it is so with everyone, that he looks for weakness in the strong to find promise of strength in his weakness.”

— John Steinbeck

“It's one of the secrets of strength: We're so much more likely to find it in the service of others than we are to…

— David Levithan

“And what more can hobbits do? They can be comic, but their comedy is suburban unless it is set against things more elemental.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“Strength is not something you have, it's something you find.”

— Emma Smith

“There are no folk like hobbits after all for a real good talk.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“A lot of what we experience as strength comes from knowing what to do with weakness.”

— Barbara Ehrenreich

“Because then you would know my strength in Wulder instead of discovering your own.”

— Donita K. Paul

“There is a seed of courage hidden (often deeply, it is true) in the heart of the fattest and most timid hobbit, waiting for…

— J.R.R. Tolkien

“A strength is a lot like oxygen. We don't really pay much attention to it - unless it's missing.”

— Julie Winkle Giulioni