Famous Quotes & Sayings

J. R. R. Tolkien

I'll get there, if I leave everything but my bones behind," said Sam. "And I'll carry Mr. Frodo up myself, if it breaks my back and heart.

J. R. R. Tolkien

For you do not yet know the strengths of your hearts, and you cannot foresee what each may meet on the road.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Do not scorn pity that is the gift of a gentle heart, Éowyn!

J. R. R. Tolkien

He was kindhearted, in a way. You know the sort of kind heart: it made him uncomfortable more often than it made him do anything; and even when he did anything, it did not prevent him from grumbling, losing his temper and swearing (mostly to himself).

J. R. R. Tolkien

For myself, I find I become less cynical rather than more--remembering my own sins and follies; and realize that men's hearts are not often as bad as their acts, and very seldom as bad as their words.

J. R. R. Tolkien

For the less even as for the greater there is some deed that he may accomplish but once only; and in that deed his heart shall rest.

J. R. R. Tolkien

A sudden understanding, a pity mixed with horror, welled up in Bilbo's heart: a glimpse of endless unmarked days without light or hope of betterment, hard stone, cold fish, sneaking and whispering. All these thoughts passed in a flash of a second. He trembled. And then quite suddenly in another flash, as if lifted by a new strength and resolve, he leaped.

J. R. R. Tolkien

I am dreading the publication, for it will be impossible not to mind what is said. I have exposed my heart to be shot at.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Love not too well the work of thy hands and the devices of thy heart; and remember that the true hope of the Noldor lieth in the West, and cometh from the Sea.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Faithful heart may have froward tongue.

J. R. R. Tolkien

Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.

J. R. R. Tolkien

You have been chosen, and you must therefore use such strength and heart and wits as you have.

Iyanla Vanzant

My vision is to elevate the consciousness of humanity one mind, one heart, one life, one spirit at a time. They are married.

Iyanla Vanzant

Each of us was born to fulfill a divine purpose. As we open our hearts and minds to a new way of being, the purpose of our lives unfolds organically.

Iyanla Vanzant

Your purpose gave birth to you. It has molded and shaped who you are and what you do. Your purpose is the reason you live and breathe. Your purpose guides your heart, hands, and head. It is alive in you. It is there, within, that you must seek to know it and live it.

Iyanla Vanzant

You never put her in your heart.

Iyanla Vanzant

When you are in alignment with the desires of your heart, things have a way of working out.

Iyanla Vanzant

I have a daily message, 'Stimumail,' which I use to stimulate the mind and heart. I have the opportunity to touch over 60,000 people I have never met. I also use Twitter and Facebook.

Iyanla Vanzant

When we have peace in our hearts and minds, we draw peace into our lives.

Iyanla Vanzant

What keeps us from achieving our heart's desires is not anything outside of us, it's the conflict inside.

Iyanla Vanzant

When someone entrusts their heart to you they are giving you a piece of their soul. You cannot treat the soul casually. You must protect, nurture and handle it with care.

Iyanla Vanzant

If you heart had a voice, Beloved, what would it say?

Isaac Barrow

Nothing of worth or weight can be achieved with half a mind, with a faint heart, and with a lame endeavor.

Isaac Mizrahi

If you feel something in your heart, if you have a vision for it, then it's no longer a risk.

Isaac Marion

She hugs me. It's tentative at first, a little scared, and yes, a little repulsed, but then she melts into it. She rests her head against my cold neck and embraces me. Unable to believer what's happening, I put my arm around her and just hold her. I almost swear I can feel my heart thumping. But it must just be hers, pressed tightly against my chest.

Isaac Asimov

Night will always be a time of fear and insecurity, and the heart will sink with the sun.

Irene Rosenfeld

People vote with their hearts, not their heads.

Immanuel Kant

He who is cruel to animals becomes hard also in his dealings with men. We can judge the heart of a man by his treatment of animals.

Elton John

At heart I've always been a music fan. That part of me has never changed since I was a little kid, sitting in a room watching a record go round, looking at the colour of the labels.

Elton John

Don't be afraid to let her into your heart and when your down, don't try to carry the whole world on your shoulders.

Ellen Gilchrist

The first thing a writer has to do is find another source of income. Then, after you have begged, borrowed, stolen or saved up the money to give you time to write and you spend all of it staying alive while you write, and you write your heart out, after all that, maybe no one will publish it, and if they publish it, maybe no one will read it. That is the hard truth, that is what it means to be a writer.

Ellen Barkin

Normal Heart' was my most transcendent moment as an actor.

Ella Wheeler Wilcox

Better than glory, or honors, or fame, (Though I am striving for those to-day) To know that some heart will cherish my name, And think of me kindly, with blessings, alway.