Patience is not the absence of action, but the right timing. - Jean Valjean

This quote is attributed to Jean Valjean.

"Patience is not the absence of action, but the right timing."

Jean Valjean Patience

Character in Les Misérables

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

"The only real prison is fear, and the only real freedom is freedom from fear."

"Compassion is not weakness."

"The night is friendly."

"Patience is a virtue I'm still learning."

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"Patience is a virtue I never learned."