Quotes by Anne Frank


I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.
– Anne Frank
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.
– Anne Frank
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!
– Anne Frank
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
– Anne Frank
I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.
– Anne Frank
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.
– Anne Frank
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.
– Anne Frank
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.
– Anne Frank
Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.
– Anne Frank
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.
– Anne Frank
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
– Anne Frank
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.
– Anne Frank
Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?
– Anne Frank
Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
– Anne Frank
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.
– Anne Frank
I live in a crazy time.
– Anne Frank
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.
– Anne Frank