The multi-faceted French author Victor Hugo was a poet, playwright, novelist, statesman, and human rights activist, all rolled into one. He authored many classics including Les Miserables, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame. If you have not read his books, read Victor Hugo quotes to understand this literary genius.
Courage
“For man’s greatest actions are performed in minor struggles. Life, misfortune, isolation, abandonment and poverty are battlefields which have their heroes – obscure heroes who are at times greater than illustrious heroes.”
Victor Hugo
“Have courage for the great sorrows of life and patience for the small ones; and when you have laboriously accomplished your daily task, to sleep in peace. God is awake.”
Victor Hugo
Happiness
“Laughter is the sun that drives winter from the human face.”
Victor Hugo
“The supreme happiness in life is the conviction that we are loved.”
Victor Hugo
Expression
“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent.”
Victor Hugo
Determination
“People do not lack strength; they lack will.”
Victor Hugo
Life
“The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved… loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.”
Victor Hugo
Business
“There is one thing stronger than all the armies in the world, and that is an idea whose time has come.”
Victor Hugo