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Anne Frank Quotes: 21

  • 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!

  • I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again.

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

    Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex
  • It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideals, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.

    The Diary of a Young Girl
  • Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.

  • 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.

    The Diary of a Young Girl
  • No one has ever become poor by giving.

    diary of Anne Frank: the play
  • 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 don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.

    The Diary of a Young Girl
  • Because paper has more patience than people.

  • Whoever is happy will make others happy.

    The Diary of a Young Girl
  • In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.

    The Diary of Anne Frank
  • Whoever is happy will make others happy too.

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

  • Although I'm only fourteen, I know quite well what I want, I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my 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, I feel quite indepedent of anyone.

    The Diary of Anne Frank
  • There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and foget everybody else! It sound egotistical, but it's actually the only cure for those suffering from self-pity.

    The Diary of Anne Frank
  • If we bear all this suffering and if there are still Jews left, when it is over, then Jews, instead of being doomed, will be held up as an example.

  • In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.

    The Diary of a Young Girl
  • 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!

    The Diary of a Young Girl
  • The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside, somewhere where they can be quite alone with the heavens, nature and God.

    The Diary of a Young Girl