“Hige sceal pe heardra, heorte pe cenre,mod sceal pe mare pe ure maegen lytlao.( Will shall be the sterner, heart the bolder, spirit the greater asour strength lessens. )”

“Hige sceal þe heardra, heorte þe cenre, mod sceal þe mare, þe ure mægen lytlað.”

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

“And Gandalf said: "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.”

“Follow what may, great deeds are not lessened in worth.”

“But I have so little of any of these things! You are wise and powerful. Will you not take the Ring?""No!" cried Gandalf, springing to his feet. "With that power I should have power too great and terrible. And over me the Ring would gain a power still greater and more deadly." His eyes flashed and his face was lit as by a fire within. "Do not tempt me! For I do not wish to become like the Dark Lord himself. Yet the way of the Ring to my heart is by pity, pity for weakness and the desire of strength to do good. Do not tempt me! I dare not take it, not even to keep it safe, unused. The wish to wield it would be too great for my strength. I shall have such need of it. Great perils lie before me.”

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