55+ Best Lord of the Rings Wedding Quotes

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Whether you’re having a full-blown Lord of the Rings wedding, or just want to incorporate your love of Lord of the Rings, then this list is for you!

We’ve curated over 55 of the best Lord of the Rings wedding quotes to use throughout your special day (and the days leading up to it).

Lord of the Rings Quotes for Wedding Speeches

Whether you’re looking for something sentimental, romantic, or funny — you’re sure to find a quote or two that enhances your speech.

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Sentimental and Romantic Quotes

1. “May you each be a light for one another when all other lights go out.”

— The Two Towers

2. “There’s some good in this world, and you two are both a part of that good. You’re worth fighting for.”

— The Two Towers

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

— The Fellowship of the Ring 

4. The world is indeed full of peril, and in it there are many dark places; but still there is much that is fair, and though in all lands love is now mingled with grief, it grows perhaps the greater.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring 

5. “Moonlight drowns out all but the brightest stars.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

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Friendship Quotes

If you’re looking for a quote to celebrate your friendship, here is a mix of silly, serious and heartfelt quotes that you can use in your speech.

6. “You can trust us to stick with you through thick and thin–to the bitter end.”

— The Hobbit

7. “You are the luckiest, the canniest, and the most reckless man I ever knew. Bless you, laddie.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring 

8. “My old friend, this will be a night to remember.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring 

9. “I am glad you are here with me.”

— The Return of the King

10. We have become friends in so short a while that I think I must be getting hasty.

— The Two Towers

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Funny and Amusing Quotes

If you’re looking for a way to make your speech amusing, throwing in a funny quote or two can’t hurt. Here are some of the best love-related quotes sure to make your audience chuckle.

11. I don’t know half of you half as well as I should like, and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring 

12. “No admittance except on party business.”

— The Hobbit

13. “Anyways, you need people of intelligence on this sort of… mission… quest… thing.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring 

14. “I can’t carry it for you… but I can carry you!”

— The Return of the King

15. “You have shown your usual cunning in getting up just in time for a meal.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring 

16. “When in doubt, follow your nose.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring

17. “We’ve had one, yes. What about second breakfast?”

— The Fellowship of the Ring

18. “He’s an excellent fellow and would jump down a dragon’s throat to save you, if he did not trip over his own feet.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring

19. “Why did you look? Why do you always have to look?”

— The Return of the King

20. I am not trying to rob you… I’m trying to help you.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring

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Advice & Wise Quotes

21. “All that is gold does not glitter.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring 

22. “It is useless to meet revenge with revenge: it will heal nothing.”

— The Return of the King

23. “Who knows? Have patience. Go where you must go, and hope!”

— The Two Towers

24. “None knows what the new day shall bring him.”

— The Two Towers

25. It’s the job that’s never started as takes longest to finish.

— The Fellowship of the Ring 

26. “Have patience. Go where you must go, and hope!”

— The Two Towers

27. “It is not the strength of the body, but the strength of the spirit.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

28. “The wide world is all about you: you can fence yourselves in, but you cannot forever fence it out.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring 

29. Faithless is he that says farewell when the road darkens.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring 

30. “Do not scorn pity that is the gift of a gentle heart.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

31. “Deeds will not be less valiant because they are unpraised.”

— The Return of the King

32. “Courage is found in unlikely places.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring 

33. “Where there’s life, there’s hope.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring

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Lord of the Rings Quotes for Wedding Invitations

The perfect place for a beautiful quote. Here are some of the best Lord of the Rings quotes to make this keepsake truly magical.

34. “They dance together then till dawn and a single shadow make.”

— J.R.R. Tolkien

35. “Love is never late, nor is it early. It arrives precisely when it means to.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring

36. “You step onto the road, and if you don’t keep your feet, there’s no knowing where you might be swept off to.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring

37. “Maybe the paths that you each shall tread are already laid before your feet, though you do not see them.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring

38. “And he took her in his arms and kissed her under the sunlit sky, and he cared not that they stood high upon the walls in the sight of many.” 

— The Return of the King

39. “Don’t adventures ever have an end? I suppose not. Someone else always has to carry on the story.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring

40. “Not all those who wander are lost.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring

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Lord of the Rings Quotes for Wedding Vows

Writing vows can be tough, but thankfully, there’s Lord of the Rings. Use these quotes for inspiration as your write your vows, or include them in their entirety.

41. “I would rather share one lifetime with you than face all the ages of this world alone.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring 

42. Where you go, I will go.”

— The Two Towers

43. “I think I’m quite ready for another adventure.”

— The Return of the King

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

— The Fellowship of the Ring

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

— The Return of the King

46. I have wished thee joy ever since first I saw thee. It heals my heart to see thee now in bliss. 

— The Return of the King

47. “It came to me. It’s mine, my own, my love, my precious.”

— The Fellowship of the Ring

48. “Let us together rebuild this world that we may share in the days of peace.”

— The Return of the King

49. “Don’t go where I can’t follow.”

— The Two Towers

50. “I want to be a healer, and love all things that grow and are not barren.”

— The Return of the King

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Lord of the Rings Wedding Readings

From the Fellowship to the Hobbit, we’ve compiled wedding readings that are sure to be a hit at your ceremony.

51. The Greatest Adventure — A Hobbit’s Tale

“The greatest adventure is what lies ahead.
Today and tomorrow are yet to be said.
The chances, the changes are all yours to make.
The mold of your life is in your hands to break.”

52. Lord of the Rings Reading — The White Lady

“And again she looked at Faramir. ‘No longer do I desire to be a queen,’ she said.
Then Faramir laughed merrily. ‘That is well,’ he said; ‘for I am not a king. Yet I will wed with the White Lady of Rohan, if it be her will. And if she will, then let us cross the River and in happier days let us dwell in fair Ithilien and there make a garden. All things will grow with joy there, if the White Lady comes.”

53. Lord of the Rings Reading — The Road Goes Ever On

“Roads go ever ever on,
Over rock and under tree,
By caves where never sun has shone,
By streams that never find the sea;
Over snow by winter sown,
And through the merry flowers of June,
Over grass and over stone,
And under mountains in the moon.

Roads go ever ever on,
Under cloud and under star,
Yet feet that wandering have gone,
Turn at last to home afar,
Eyes that fire and sword have seen,
And horror in the halls of stone,
Look at last on meadows green,
And trees and hills they long have known.”

54. J.R.R. Tolkien Reading — For Edith

“Lo! Young we are and yet have stood
like planted hearts in the great Sun
of Love so long (as two fair trees
in woodland or in open dale
stand utterly entwined and breathe
the airs and suck the very light
together) that we have become
as one, deep rooted in the soil
of Life and tangled in the sweet growth.”

55. Lord of the Rings Reading — The Elven Hymn to Elbereth

“Snow-white! Snow-white! O Lady clear!
O Queen beyond the Western Seas!
O light to us that wander here
Amid the world of woven trees!

Gilthoniel! O Elbereth!
Clear are thy eyes and bright thy breath!
Snow-white! Snow-white! We sing to thee
In a far land beyond the sea.

O Stars that in the Sunless Year
With shining hand by her were sown,
In windy fields now bright and clear
We see your silver blossom blown!

O Elbereth! Gilthoniel!
We still remember, we who dwell
In this far land beneath the trees,
Thy starlight on the Western Seas.”

56. Lord of the Rings Reading — The Ent and The Entwife

Ent:

”When spring unfolds the beechen-leaf and sap is in the bough,
When light is on the wild-wood stream, and wind is on the brow,
When stride is long, and breath is deep, and keen the mountain air,
Come back to me! Come back to me, and say my land is fair!

Entwife:

When Spring is come to garth and field, and corn is in the blade,
When blossom like a shining snow is on the orchard laid,
When sun and shower upon the earth with fragrance fill the air,
I’ll linger here, and will not come, because my land is fair!

Ent:

When Summer lies upon the world, and in a noon of gold
Beneath the roof of sleeping leaves the dreams of trees unfold,
When woodland halls are green and cool, and wind is in the West,
Come back to me! Come back to me, and say my land is best!

Entwife:

When Summer warms the hanging fruit and burns the berry brown;
When straw is gold, and ear is white, and harvest comes to town;
When honey spills, and apple swells, though wind be in the West,
I’ll linger here beneath the Sun, because my land is best!

Ent:

When Winter comes, the winter wild that hill and wood shall slay;
When trees shall fall and starless night devour the sunless day;
When wind is in the deadly East, then in the bitter rain
I’ll look for thee, and call to thee; I’ll come to thee again!

Entwife:

When Winter comes, and singing ends; when darkness falls at last;
When broken is the barren bough, and light and labour past;
I’ll look for thee, and wait for thee, until we meet again:
Together we will take the road beneath the bitter rain!

Both:

Together we will take the road that leads into the West,
And far away will find a land where both our hearts may rest.”

57. J.R.R. Tolkien Reading — The Song of Beren and Lúthien

“The leaves were long, the grass was green,
The hemlock-umbels tall and fair,
And in the glade a light was seen
Of stars in shadow shimmering.
Tinúviel was dancing there
To music of a pipe unseen,
And light of stars was in her hair,
And in her raiment glimmering.

There Beren came from mountains cold,
And lost he wandered under leaves,
And where the Elven-river rolled
He walked alone and sorrowing.
He peered between the hemlock-leaves
And saw in wonder flowers of gold
Upon her mantle and her sleeves,
And her hair like shadow following.

Enchantment healed his weary feet
That over hills were doomed to roam;
And forth he hastened, strong and fleet,
And grasped at moonbeams glistening.
Through woven woods in Elvenhome
She lightly fled on dancing feet,
And left him lonely still to roam
In the silent forest listening.

He heard there oft the flying sound
Of feet as light as linden-leaves,
Or music welling underground,
In hidden hollows quavering.
Now withered lay the hemlock-sheaves,
And one by one with sighing sound
Whispering fell the beachen leaves
In the wintry woodland wavering.

He sought her ever, wandering far
Where leaves of years were thickly strewn,
By light of moon and ray of star
In frosty heavens shivering.
Her mantle glinted in the moon,
As on a hill-top high and far
She danced, and at her feet was strewn
A mist of silver quivering.

When winter passed, she came again,
And her song released the sudden spring,
Like rising lark, and falling rain,
And melting water bubbling.
He saw the elven-flowers spring
About her feet, and healed again
He longed by her to dance and sing
Upon the grass untroubling.
Again she fled, but swift he came.
Tinúviel! Tinúviel!
He called her by her elvish name;
And there she halted listening.
One moment stood she, and a spell
His voice laid on her: Beren came,
And doom fell on Tinúviel
That in his arms lay glistening.

As Beren looked into her eyes
Within the shadows of her hair,
The trembling starlight of the skies
He saw there mirrored shimmering.
Tinúviel the elven-fair,
Immortal maiden elven-wise,
About him cast her shadowy hair
And arms like silver glimmering.

Long was the way that fate them bore,
O’er stony mountains cold and grey,
Through halls of ireon and darkling door,
And woods of nightshade morrowless.
The Sundering Seas between them lay,
And yet at last they met once more,
And long ago they passed away
In the forest singing sorrowless.”

58. J.R.R. Tolkien Reading — You & Me and the Cottage of Lost Play

“You and me–we know that land
And often have been there
In the long old days, old nursery days,
A dark child and a fair.
Was it down the paths of firelight dreams
In winter cold and white,
Or in the blue-spun twilit hours
Of little early tucked-up beds
In drowsy summer night,
That You and I got lost in Sleep
And met each other there–
Your dark hair on your white nightgown,
And mine was tangled fair?

We wandered shyly hand in hand,
Or rollicked in the fairy sand
And gathered pearls and shells in pails,
While all about the nightingales
Were singing in the trees.
We dug for silver with our spades
By little inland sparkling seas,Then ran ashore through sleepy seas,
And down a warm and winding lane
And never never found again
Between high whispering trees.

The air was neither night or day,
But faintly dark with softest light,
When first there glimmered into sightThe Cottage of Lost Play.
‘Twas builded very very old
White, and thatched with straws of gold,
And pierced with peeping lattices
That looked toward the sea;
And our own children’s garden-plots
Were there–our own forgetmenots,
Red daisies, cress and mustard,
And blue nemophile.

O! All the borders trimmed with box
Were full of favourite flowers–of phlox,
Of larkspur, pinks, and hollyhocks
Beneath a red may-tree:
And all the paths were full of shapes,
Of tumbling happy white-clad shapes,
And with them You and Me.

And some had silver watering-cans
And watered all their gowns,
Or sprayed each other; some laid plans
To build them houses, fairy towns,
Or dwellings in the trees;
And some were clambering on the roof;
Some crooning lonely and aloof;
And some were dancing fairy-rings
And weaving pearly daisy-strings,
Or chasing golden bees;
But here and there a little pair
With rosy cheeks and tangled hair
Debated quaint old childish things–
And we were one of these.

But why it was there came a time
When we could take the road no more,
Though long we looked, and high would climb,
Or gaze from many a seaward shore
To find the path between sea and sky
To those old gardens of delight;
And how it goes now in that land,
If there the house and gardens stand,
Still filled with children clad in white–
We know not, You and I.

And why it was Tomorrow came
And with his grey hand led us back;
And why we never found the same
Old cottage, or the magic track
That leads between a silver sea
And those old shores and gardens fair
Where all things are, that ever were–
We know not, You and Me.”

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