Victor Hugo
French novelist, poet and dramatist, 1802-1885
28 quotes.
Quotes by Victor Hugo
- A fixed idea ends in madness or heroism.
- Above the cloud with its shadow is the star with its light.
- Adversity makes men, and prosperity makes monsters.
- All sublime conquests are, more or less, the prizes of daring.
- All the forces in the world are not so powerful as an idea whose time has come.
- An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
- As the purse is emptied the heart is filled.
- Certain thoughts are prayers. There are moments when, whatever be the attitude of the body, the soul is on its knees.
- Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.
- Daring deeds dazzle history and are one of man’s great sources of light.
- Don't educate your children to be rich. Educate them to be happy, so they know the value of things, not the price.
- Even the darkest night will end and the sun will rise.
- Forty is the old age of youth; fifty is the youth of old age.
- Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.
- Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.
- Let us fear the worst, but work with faith; the best will always take care of itself.
- No army can withstand the strength of an idea whose time has come.
- Our mind is enriched by what we receive, our heart by what we give.
- People do not lack strength; they lack will.
- Perseverance, secret of all triumphs.
- The future has many names: For the weak, it means the unattainable. For the fearful, it means the unknown. For the courageous, it means opportunity.
- The future has several names. For the weak, it is impossible; for the fainthearted, it is unknown; but for the valiant, it is ideal.
- The great acts of love are done by those who are habitually performing small acts of kindness.
- The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved, loved for ourselves, or rather loved in spite of ourselves.
- There is nothing like a dream to create the future.
- There is nothing like dream to create the future. Utopia to-day, flesh and blood tomorrow.
- There is only one thing stronger than all the armies of the world: and that is an idea whose time has come.
- We are the children of our own deeds.