Anne Frank

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

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

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.

I'm afraid that people who know me as I usually am will discover I have another side, a better and finer side. I'm afraid they'll mock me, think I'm ridiculous and sentimental and not take me seriously. I'm used to not being taken seriously, but only the 'light-hearted' Anne is used to it and can put up with it; the 'deeper' Anne is too weak.

Its really a wonder that I havent 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.

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

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

No one has ever become poor by giving.

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.

Think of all the beauty thats still left in and around you and be happy!

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

Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn't matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.

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 independent of anyone.

Whoever is happy will make others happy too.

Theres one golden rule to keep before you laugh about everything and dont bother yourself about the others

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

Theres only one rule you need to remember laugh at everything and foget everybody else It sound egotistical but its actually the only cure for those suffering from self pity.

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

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 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.

Paper is more patient than man.

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.

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

In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply cant build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion misery and death.

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

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 and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature.

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

Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.

Everyone has inside of her 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 live in a crazy time.

Make the most of your carefree young life as you can.

Even if people are still very young, they shouldn't be prevented from saying what they think.

Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices. Then our choices make us.

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.

Everyone has inside of her 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.

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

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

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

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

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

The weak fall but the strong will remain and never go under

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

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 young are not afraid of telling the truth.

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.

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.

I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. 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, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.

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.

I dont think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.

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

Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that 'a quiet conscience makes one strong!'

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

But feelings cant be ignored no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.

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

What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews.

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

How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world!

Everyone has inside of her a piece of good news. The good news is that you don't know how great you can be!

Everyone has inside them a piece of good news. The good news is you dont know how great you can be How much you can love What you can accomplish And what your potential is.

A quiet conscience makes one strong

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

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!