Anne Frank Quotes

And finally I twist my heart round again, so that the bad is on the outside and the good is on the inside, and keep on trying to find a way of becoming what I would so like to be, and could be, if there weren`t any other people living in the world.

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

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

He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery.

“I have often been downcast, but never in despair; I regard our hiding as a dangerous adventure, romantic and interesting at the same time. In my diary I treat all the privations as amusing. I have made up my mind now to lead a different life from other girls and, later on, different from ordinary housewives. My start has been so very full of interest, and that is the sole reason why I have to laugh at the humorous side of the most dangerous moments.”

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.

Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news. The good news is that you don`t know how great you can be! How much you can love! What you can accomplish! And what your potential is!

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

Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn`t matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.

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

I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

I don`t think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

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.

I live in a crazy time.

I simply can`t build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again.

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

No one has ever become poor by giving.

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quiet, alone with the heavens, nature and God. Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be.

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

Whoever is happy will make others happy too.

“Is discord going to show itself while we are still fighting, is the Jew once again worth less than another? Oh, it is sad, very sad, that once more, for the umpteenth time, the old truth is confirmed: ``What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews.”

“They mustn`t know my despair, I can`t let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn`t bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I`m showing off; when I`m”

“And Then They Came for Me”

“Anne Frank -- A History for Today"

“the conversion of Anne Frank into usable goods.”

“Acting is really cool.”

“Remembering.”

“Our opening ceremony this year is really exciting.”

I want to go on living, even after my death.