Jean Valjean

"Freedom is a hard-bought thing."

"The wretched understand one another."

"Conscience is the compass within us."

"Fear paralyzes; courage liberates."

"The essence of love is to sacrifice."

"Hell is not to love anymore."

"To go back is impossible; to go forward is everything."

"Pardon is the virtue of the strong."

"Teach him that he must believe in himself."

"A man is not truly free until he conquers himself."

"To know nothing is a beautiful thing."

"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved for ourselves."

"The supreme power lies in conscience."

"Pity is not dishonorable."

"In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer."

"A man can be destroyed but not defeated."

"Freedom is a gift that few truly understand."

"What grace is this that I can face the world with joy?"

"The chains that bind us are often of our own making."

"One belongs to the world once one is born; there is no getting out of it."

"Patience is power."

"The past cannot be changed. The future is yet in your power."

"There is no greater power on earth than purity of heart and strength of will."

"There is in every human heart a spark of heavenly fire."

"The past is a ghost, the future a dream, and all we ever have is now."

"One cannot tear out a page of his life, but he can throw the book in the fire."

"Grief is the price we pay for love."

"Conscience is a man's compass."

"The strength of humanity lies in its capacity for forgiveness."

"The supreme happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved."