Jean Valjean

"There is no such thing as fate."

"Man can will nothing unless he has first understood that he must count on himself."

"Poverty is the worst form of violence."

"I am an accident that became a man."

"I have not forgotten; I have forgiven."

"He jests at scars that never felt a wound."

"The supreme court of conscience is within us."

"Conscience is more or less clear according to the light we give it."

"I have not forgotten that I am a man."

"There is a limit to what even a noble soul can endure."

"Poverty does not define a person's worth."

"Conscience is God."

"A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought."

"To be happy is not to be free from pain, but to be superior to it."

"Forgiveness is the ultimate act of mercy."

"A man can always begin again."

"A debt paid is a chain broken."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it."

"Poverty is the greatest of all crimes."

"Forgiveness is the highest form of love."

"Life is a terrible thing. So is death. But to live without hope, without struggle, without effort - that is not to live at all."

"To forgive is not to forget, but to free oneself from hatred."

"Paternity is something more profound than fatherhood."

"Destiny is not fixed; it is forged by human choice."

"I do not hate you; I do not despise you; I simply pity you."

"There is a point where even justice becomes unjust."

"I am the serf of my destiny."

"Bread is the staff of life."

"In the depths of despair lies hope."

"The wretched of the earth, these are our people."