Anne Frank Quotes

"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world."

"Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart."

"Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy."

"No one has ever become poor by giving."

"Whoever is happy will make others happy too."

"The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands."

"In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit."

"I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains."

"Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction."

"When I write, I can shake off all my cares."

"Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again."

"Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness."

"I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out."

"We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same."

"I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met."

"He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!"

"We all know that a good example is more effective than advice. So set a good example, and it won't take long for others to follow."

"Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?"

"I have often been downcast but never in despair."

"I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too."

"I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death."

"I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better."

"I have a family, loving aunts, and a good home."

"I'm used to not being taken seriously, but only the 'light-hearted' Anne is used to it and can put up with it."

"If I haven't any talent for writing books or newspaper articles, well, then I can always write for myself."

"I soothe my conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart."

"I'm afraid that people who know me as I usually am will discover I have another side, a better and finer side."

"I have often been downcast but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time."

"Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want. I know who is right and who is wrong."

"I feel more of a person than a child. I feel quite independent of anyone."

"If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand, before I mix with other people."

"I live in a crazy time."

"It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical."

"You can always give something, even if it is only kindness."

"There is enough space, wealth, money and beauty in the world. God has created enough for everyone!"

"We took her in, but she was not as pleasant a tenant as the fat gentleman had been."

"I have opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child."

"No one knows Anne's better side, and that's why most people can't stand me."

"I don't think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains."

"Who knows, perhaps one day people will listen more to 'the little piece of God', which we call a conscience, than to their own desires!"

"Because paper has more patience than people."

"I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn."

"I've found that there is always some beauty left — in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you."

"People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion."

"I think a lot, but I don't say much."

"A quiet conscience makes one strong!"

"You can be lonely even when you are loved by many people, since you are still not anybody's one and only."

"But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem."

"As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?"

"There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and forget everybody else! It sounds egotistical, but it's actually the only cure for those suffering from self-pity."

"Memories mean more to me than dresses."

"Those who have courage and faith shall never perish in misery."

"Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction."

"I've learned one thing: you can only really get to know a person after a row. Only then can you judge their true character!"

"What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again."

"The young are not afraid of telling the truth."

"How true Daddy's words were when he said: all children must look after their own upbringing. Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands."

"If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly in hand before I mix with other people; otherwise they would think my mind rather queer."

"Don't condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point."

"I do my best to please everybody, far more than they'd ever guess. I try to laugh it all off, because I don't want to let them see my trouble."

"An empty day, though clear and bright, is just as dark as any night."

"Who else but me is ever going to read these letters?"

"In the future I'm going to devote less time to sentimentality and more time to reality."

"I'm sentimental — I know. I'm desperate and silly — I know that too. Oh, help me!"

"Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me."

"I firmly believe that nature can bring comfort to all who suffer."

"Music stirs me to the very depths of my soul."

"I know what I want, I have a goal, I have opinions, a religion and love. If only I can be myself, I'll be satisfied."

"By nature he is more closed-up than I am, I agree, but I know that at some time or other even the most uncommunicative people long just as much, if not more, to find someone whom they can confide in."

"Hope for an end to war, hope for peace."

"Beauty remains, even in misfortune."

"Every child has to raise itself. Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction. Ultimately, people shape their own characters."

"Thinking has never hurt anyone. On the contrary, it does us all a world of good."

"I don't have much in the way of money or worldly possessions, I'm not beautiful, intelligent or clever, but I'm happy, and I intend to stay that way!"

"Ever since I was a little girl and could barely talk, the word 'why' has lived and grown along with me."

"Even when I was older, I couldn't stop asking questions."

"I comfort myself with the thought that you won't know until you ask."

"People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things."

"I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, I can't do anything to change events anyway."