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

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

"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."
— Anne Frank (Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl)

"Because paper has more patience than people. "
— 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."
— Anne Frank

"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. 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. As longs as this exists, and it certainly always will, I know that then there will always be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be. And I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles."
— Anne Frank (Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl)

"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 neve met. I want to go on living even after my death!"
— Anne Frank (Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - The Definitive Edition)

"No one has ever become poor by giving."
— Anne Frank (The Diary of a Young Girl)

"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."
— Anne Frank

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

"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."
— Anne Frank (The Diary of Anne Frank)

"Whoever is happy will make others happy."
— Anne Frank (The Diary of Anne Frank)

"...where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again."
— Anne Frank (Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl - The Definitive Edition)

"Women should be respected as well! Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn't women have their share? Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers?...Women, who struggle and suffer pain to ensure the continuation of the human race, make much tougher and more courageous soldiers than all those big-mouthed freedom-fighting heroes put together!"
— Anne Frank (The Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition)

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

"Anyhow, I've learned one thing now. You only really get to know people when you've had a jolly good row with them. Then and then only can you judge their true characters!"
— Anne Frank (Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl)

"Those who have courage and faith shall never perish in misery"
— Anne Frank

"In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit."
— Anne Frank (The Diary of Anne Frank)

" Ever since I was a little girl and could barely talk, the word 'why' has lived and grown along with me. It's a well-known fact that children ask questions about anything and everything, since almost everything is new to them. That is especially true of me, and not just as a child. Even when I was older, I couldn't stop asking questions.
I have to admit that it can be annoying sometimes, but I comfort myself with the thought that "You won't know until you ask," though by now I've asked so much that they ought to have made me a professor.
When I got older, I noticed that not all questions can be asked and that many whys can never be answered. As a result, I tried to work things out for myself by mulling over my own questions. And I came to the important discovery that questions which you either can't or shouldn't ask in public, or questions which you can't put into words, can easily be solved in your own head. So the word 'why' not only taught me to ask, but also to think. And thinking has never hurt anyone. On the contrary, it does us all a world of good."
— Anne Frank (Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex)

"The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever"
— Anne Frank (The Diary of Anne Frank)

"How wonderful it is that no one has to wait, but can start right now to gradually change the world."
— 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."
— Anne Frank (The Diary of Anne Frank)

"I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains."
— 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. "
— Anne Frank (The Diary of a Young Girl)

"I have one outstanding trait in my character, which must strike anyone who knows me for any length of time, and that is my knowledge of myself. I can watch myself and my actions, just like an outsider. The Anne of every day I can face entirely without prejudice, without making excuses for her, and watch what's good and what's bad about her. This 'self-consciousness' haunts me, and every time I open my mouth I know as soon as I've spoken whether 'that ought to have been different' or 'that was right as it was.' There are so many things about myself that I condemn; I couldn't begin to name them all. I understand more and more 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 (Anne Frank: The Diary 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! ""
— Anne Frank

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

"Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.
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— Anne Frank

"Memories mean more to me than dresses."
— Anne Frank

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

"But I won't bore you any longer on the subject of old men. It won't make things any better and all my plans of revenge (such as disconnecting the lamp, shutting the door, hiding his clothes) must be abandoned in order to keep the peace. Oh, I'm becoming so sensible! ..."
— 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

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

"Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart"
— Anne Frank

"Its kinda boring but not really"
— Anne Frank

"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

"The question is very understandable, but no one has found a satisfactory answer to it so far. Yes, why do they make still more gigantic planes, still heavier bombs and, at the same time, prefabricated houses for reconstruction? Why should millions be spent daily on the war and yet there's not a penny available for medical services, artists, or for poor people?

Why do some people have to starve, while there are surpluses rotting in other parts of the world? Oh,why are people so crazy?"
— Anne Frank

"It's really a wonder that I haven't dropped all my ideas, because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out. Yet I keep them 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. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the suffering of millions and yet, if I look up into the havens, I think it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquility will return again. In the meantime, I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out."
— Anne Frank

"I want to go on living even after my death! And therefore I am grateful to G-d for this gift, this possibility of developing myself and of writing, of expressing all that is in me. I can shake off everything if I write; my sorrows disappear; my courage is reborn. But, and that is the great question, will I ever be able to write anything great, will I ever become a journalist or a writer?"
— Anne Frank (The Diary of a Young Girl)

"Don't condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point."
— Anne Frank (The Diary of Anne Frank ; Play and Related Readings)

"look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness"
— Anne Frank

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

"Sometimes I believe that God wants to try me, both now and later on; I must become good through my own efforts, without examples and without good advice."
— Anne Frank (Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl)

"I also have a brand-new prescription for gunfire jitters: When the shooting gets loud, proceed to the nearest wooden staircase. Run up and down a few times, making sure to stumble at least once. What with the scratches and the noise of running and falling, you won't even be able to hear the shooting, much less worry about it. Yours truly has put this magic formula to use, with great success!"
— Anne Frank (The Diary of Anne Frank)

"How noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling asleep, they were to recall to their minds the events of the whole day and consider exactly what has been good and bad. Then without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day."
— Anne Frank

"How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world! How lovely that everyone, great and small, can make their contribution toward introducing justice straightaway... And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness!"
— Anne Frank

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

"I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains."
— Anne Frank (Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl)

"No one need wait a single moment before beginning to improve the world."
— Anne Frank