Jean Valjean

"Mercy belongs to the living; vengeance to the dead."

"The greatest gift is the power to forgive."

"Sacrifice is the ultimate expression of love."

"Redemption begins with a single step."

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

"Pity is not something one asks for, but something one offers."

"The supreme law is conscience."

"To love is to sacrifice."

"Every life has value, and every person deserves dignity."

"There is a point at which the law becomes immoral and unethical."

"True strength lies in forgiveness."

"Redemption is always possible for those who seek it."

"Forgiveness is not weakness but supreme strength."

"I am the master of my fate: I am the captain of my soul."

"Courage is not the absence of fear but action despite it."

"He who conquers himself is greater than he who takes a city."

"Death is but a passing shadow."

"Patience is the virtue of the strong."

"Advance, and the way will open before you."

"Pity the man who has not learned to forgive."

"There is nothing the flesh cannot endure when the spirit is willing."

"The principal thing is that the innocent should be saved."

"The only way to deal with an unfree world is to become so absolutely free that very existence of that world is a form of liberation."

"The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful."

"Forgiving does not erase the bitter past. A healed memory is not a deleted memory."

"There is no greater love than to lay down one's life for another."

"Mercy is not weakness, it is the greatest strength."

"The depths of the soul can only be understood through love."

"Despair is the absolute weakness."

"The supreme court of appeal is conscience."