Quotes

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

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

I've found that there is always some beauty left - in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can help you.
-Anne Frank

A "food cycle" is a period in which we have only one particular dish or type of vegetable to eat. For a long time we ate nothing but endive. Endive with sand, endive without sand, endive with mashed potatoes, endive-and-mashed-potato casserole...
-Anne Frank

For someone like me, it is a very strange habit to write in a diary. Not only that I have never written before, but it strikes me that later neither I, nor anyone else, will care for the outpouring of a thirteen year old schoolgirl.
-Anne Frank

I have often been downcast, but never in despair;
-Anne Frank

The only way to truly know a person is to argue with them. For when they argue in full swing, then they reveal their true character.
-Anne Frank

And whoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!
-Anne Frank

I don't believe that the big men, the politicians and the capitalists alone are guilty of the war. Oh, no, the little man is just as keen, otherwise the people of the world would have risen in revolt long ago!
-Anne Frank

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

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

I trust to luck and do nothing but work, hoping that all will end well.
-Anne Frank

I believe that in the course of the next century [as dated from June 13, 1944] the notion that it's a woman's duty to have children will change and make way for the respect and admiration of all women, who bear their burdens without complaint or a lot of pompous words!
-Anne Frank

How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before beginning to improve the world.
-Anne Frank

It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality.
-Anne Frank

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