"War must be, while we defend our lives against a destroyer who would devour all; but I do not love the bright sword for its sharpness, nor the arrow for its swiftness, nor the warrior for his glory. I love only that which they defend."
"The treacherous are ever distrustful."
"The day will bring hope for me,"said Aragorn. "Is it not said that no foe has ever taken the Hornburg, if men defended it?""So the minstrels say,"said Éomer."Then let us defend it, and hope!"
"I have spoken words of hope. But only of hope. Hope is not victory."
"Being a cheerful hobbit, he had not needed hope, as long as despair could be postponed."
"There are some things that it is better to begin than to refuse, even though the end may be dark."