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Quotes said by Victor Hugo

I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.

Victor Hugo

A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.

Victor Hugo

There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.

Said at/in: Les Miserables, 1862

Victor Hugo

If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away.

Victor Hugo

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

Said at/in: Les Miserables, 1862

Victor Hugo

Life's greatest happiness is to be convinced we are loved.

Said at/in: Les Miserables, 1862

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, go to sleep in peace. God is awake.

Victor Hugo

To be a saint is the exception; to be upright is the rule. Err, falter, sin, but be upright. To commit the least possible sin is the law for man. Sin is a gravitation.

Said at/in: 'Les Miserables'

Victor Hugo

He who every morning plans the transaction of the day and follows out that plan, carries a thread that will guide him through the maze of the most busy life. But where no plan is laid, where the disposal of time is surrendered merely to the chance of incidence, chaos will soon reign.

Victor Hugo

If suffer we must, let's suffer on the heights.

Said at/in: 'Les Malheureux'

Victor Hugo

Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.

Victor Hugo

Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart.

Victor Hugo

Justice consists not in being neutral between right and wrong, but in finding out the right and upholding it, wherever found, against the wrong.

Said at/in: 1916 (quoted in the Theodore Roosevelt Centennial CD-ROM)

Victor Hugo

A vote is like a rifle: its usefulness depends upon the character of the user.

Victor Hugo

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Victor Hugo

Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!

Victor Hugo

Patriotism means to stand by the country. It does not mean to stand by the president.

Victor Hugo

To announce that there must be no criticism of the president, right or wrong - is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

Victor Hugo

Do what you can with what you have where you are.

Victor Hugo

The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

Victor Hugo

It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

Said at/in: "Man in the Arena" Speech given April 23, 1910

Victor Hugo

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer "Present" or "Not Guilty."

Victor Hugo

Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.

Victor Hugo

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Victor Hugo

Put out the light.

Said at/in: last words, 6 January 1919

Victor Hugo

Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, "Certainly I can!" - and get busy and find out how to do it.

Victor Hugo

Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.

Victor Hugo

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Victor Hugo

The great virtue of my radicalism lies in the fact that I am perfectly ready, if necessary, to be radical on the conservative side.

Victor Hugo

When they call the roll in the Senate, the Senators do not know whether to answer 'Present' or 'Not guilty.'

Victor Hugo

The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it.

Victor Hugo

A thorough knowledge of the Bible is worth more than a college education.

Victor Hugo

Do what you can with what you have, where you are.

Victor Hugo

While my interest in natural history has added very little to my sum of achievement, it has added immeasurably to my sum of enjoyment in life.

Victor Hugo

Practical efficiency is common, and lofty idealism not uncommon; it is the combination which is necessary, and the combination is rare

Said at/in: An Autobiography

Victor Hugo

Far better is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the grey twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.

Said at/in: The Man in the Arena

Victor Hugo

Of all forms of tyranny the least attractive and the most vulgar is the tyranny of mere wealth, the tyranny of plutocracy.

Said at/in: Theodore Roosevelt, an autobiography

Victor Hugo

A just war is in the long run far better for a nation's soul than the most prosperous peace obtained by acquiescence in wrong or injustice.

Victor Hugo

If I must choose between righteousness and peace, I choose righteousness.

Victor Hugo

Any man who tries to excite class hatred, sectional hate, hate of creeds, any kind of hatred in our community, though he may affect to do it in the interest of the class he is addressing, is in the long run with absolute certainly that class's own worst enemy.

Victor Hugo

When I say I believe in a square deal i do not mean ... to give every man the best hand. If the cards do not come to any man, or if they do come, and he has not got the power to play them, that is his affair. All I mean is that there shall be no crookedness in the dealing.

Victor Hugo

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena; whose face is marred by the dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions and spends himself in a worthy course; who at the best, knows in the end the triumph of high achievement, and who, at worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly; so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory or defeat.

Said at/in: Paris, Sorbonne 1910

Victor Hugo

It's not the critic who counts. Not the man who points out how the doer of deeds might have done them better. Instead, the credit belongs to the man in the arena whose face is marred by sweat and blood and tears.

Victor Hugo

Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.

Victor Hugo

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly, who errs and comes up short again and again. Because there is no effort without error and shortcomings, he who knows the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the high achievement of triumph and who at worst, if he fails while daring greatly, knows his place shall never be with those timid and cold souls who know neither victory nor defeat".

Victor Hugo

To announce that there must be no criticism of the President, or that we are to stand by the President, right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile, but is morally treasonable to the American public.

Victor Hugo

Spend and be spent.

Said at/in: sign posted at his grave site

Victor Hugo

A man who has never gone to school may steal from a freight car; but if he has a university education, he may steal the whole railroad.

Victor Hugo

If there is not the war, you don't get the great general; if there is not a great occasion, you don't get a great statesman; if Lincoln had lived in a time of peace, no one would have known his name.

Victor Hugo

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