Boromir Quotes – Wisdom and Valor from the Son of Gondor

One does not simply walk into Mordor.

I will not let the enemy take it from me!

I would have gone with you to the end, into the very fires of Mordor.

Gondor has no king. Gondor needs no king.

This is the way of Gondor. We keep our word.

Isildur’s heir, it is your time.

I do not deny my fault, but the enemy seems also to have found it.

The world of Men will fall, and all will come to darkness.

I have sent my only son away to die. How can I possibly have failed?

I see a white tree in a courtyard of stone… it is dead.

We cannot use the Ring. The Ring is altogether evil.

The Ring will not save Gondor. It has only the power to destroy.

You carry the fate of us all, little one. If this is indeed the will of the Council, then Gondor will see it done.

It is a strange fate that we should suffer so much fear and doubt over so small a thing.

No man can kill me!

Our people are dying, Sauron’s forces increase, his war machines more crafty than ever.

We must join with Him, Gandalf. We must join with Sauron. It would be wise, my friend.

The Ring is treacherous. It will hold you to your word.

Tell me what happened and I will kill you quickly. Tell me a lie and I will hurt you slowly.

I will not abandon Merry and Pippin to torment and death. Not while I’m breathe!

I only wish to give you a fighting chance.

Have you ever been in battle, captain?

Leave it! It’s over! The world of men will fall!

They have a better chance defending themselves here than at Edoras…

It is not this day!

What would a ranger know of this matter?

They have no place in wars like ours.

War will make corpses of us all.

Gondor will see it done.

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

I will show you the true power of Gondor!

You may triumph on the field of battle for a day, but against the power that rises in the east, there is no victory.

The Ring cannot be destroyed, Gimli, son of Gloin, by any craft that we here possess.

Do not tempt me, Frodo Baggins! I dare not take it. Not even to keep it safe. Understand, Frodo. I would use this Ring from a desire to do good… But through me, it would wield a power too great and terrible to imagine.

It’s a pity Bilbo didn’t kill him when he had the chance.

I ask only for the strength to defend my people!

Too few have come. We cannot defeat the armies of Mordor.

Gondor needs no king… The old wisdom born out of the west was forsaken.

We have work to do.

I did not ask for the burden that was thrust upon me.

I would not take this thing if it lay by the highway. Not were Minas Tirith falling in ruin and I alone could save her.

We will hold our ground.

The world of Men will fall.

For Gondor. For hope.

Gondor. The enemy is on your doorstep.

I fear neither death nor pain.

Now, come the days of the king.

I have wished for death in despair. The dead have overrun us.

Enough blood has been spilled on his account.

The journey doesn’t end here. Death is just another path… one that we all must take.