“Go back?" he thought. "No good at all! Go sideways? Impossible! Go forward? Only thing to do! On we go!" So up he got, and trotted along with his little sword held in front of him and one hand feeling the wall, and his heart all of a patter and a pitter.”
More from J.R.R. Tolkien
“It is not the strength of the body that counts, but the strength of the spirit.”
“Your time will come. You will face the same evil, and you will defeat it.”
“I will not walk backward in life.”
“Fear both the heat and the cold of your heart, and try to have patience, if you can.”