But we ride on horses tall and swift,' said Theoden; 'and great though your heart be, you cannot ride on such beasts.' 'Then tie me on to the back of one, or let me hang on a stirrup, or something,' said Merry. 'It is a long way to run; but run I shall if I cannot ride, even if I wear my feet off and arrive weeks too late.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

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

Living by faith includes the call to something greater than cowardly self-preservation.

I will take the Ring,' [Frodo] said, 'though I do not know the way.

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.