Gandalf Quotes

Gandalf is one of the very lovable characters of the fictional works The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings trilogy – both written by J.R.R. Tolkien. He is a benevolent wizard who helped both Bilbo and Frodo find their courage to take on a dangerous journey and discover the ugly side of the world.

In the live action movie adaptation, Gandalf was played six times by Ian McKellen. He first appeared on The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring, The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers, and The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King and the prequel series The Hobbit, The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug, and The Hobbit: The Battle of Five Armies.

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For even the very wise cannot see all ends.

My friend, you had horses, and deed of arms, and the free fields; but she, being born in the body of a maid, had a spirit and courage at least the match of yours. Yet she was doomed to wait upon an old man, whom she loved as a father, and watch him falling into a mean dishonoured dotage; and her part seemed to her more ignoble than that of the staff he leaned on.

I will not say: do not weep; for not all tears are an evil.

You cannot pass,” he said. The orcs stood still, and a dead silence fell. “I am a servant of the Secret Fire, wielder of the flame of Anor. You cannot pass. The dark fire will not avail you, flame of Udûn. Go back to the Shadow! You cannot pass.

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Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.

He is not half through yet, and to what he will come in the end not even Elrond can foretell. Not to evil, I think. He may become like a glass filled with a clear light for eyes to see that can.

He that breaks a thing to find out what it is has left the path of wisdom.

I was talking aloud to myself. A habit of the old: they choose the wisest person present to speak to; the long explanations needed by the young are wearying.

It is not despair, for despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt. We do not.

Hobbits really are amazing creatures, as I have said before. You can learn all that there is to know about their ways in a month, and yet after a hundred years they can still surprise you at a pinch.

It is not our part to master all the tides of the world, but to do what is in us for the succour of those years wherein we are set, uprooting the evil in the fields that we know, so that those who live after may have clean earth to till. What weather they shall have is not ours to rule.

Don’t tempt me, Frodo!

So do all who live to see such times. But that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

I suppose you think that was terribly clever?

Fly, you fools!

That wound will never fully heal. He will carry it for the rest of his life.

Fool of a Took! This is a serious journey, not a hobbit walking-party. Throw yourself in next time, and then you will be no further nuisance.

Courage will now be your best defence against the storm that is at hand-—that and such hope as I bring.

All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.

Go back to the abyss! Fall into nothingness that awaits you and your master!

This is your realm, and the heart of the greater realm that shall be. The Third Age of the world is ended, and the new age is begun; and it is your task to order its beginning and to preserve what must be preserved. For though much has been saved, much must now pass away; and the power of the Three Rings also is ended. And all the lands that you see, and those that lie round about them, shall be dwellings of Men. For the time comes of the Dominion of Men, and the Elder Kindred shall fade or depart.

Are you a Lord of the Rings fan? Then you will certainly love reading our Gandalf quotes! Just sit back, relax, and ket your mind wander as Gandalf will take you there and back again.

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