Quotes by Anne Frank

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

“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.”

“The final forming of a persons character lies in their own hands”

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

“Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a persons character lies in their own hands.”

“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.”

“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 werent any other people living in the world.”

“I dont think of all the misery, but of all the beauty that still remains”

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

“I simply cant build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death ... I think. peace and tranquillity will return again.”

“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.”

“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.”

“...by thinking, nobody can ever get worse but will only get better.”

“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.”

“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. I have made up my mind now to lead a different life from other girls and, later on, different from ordinary housewives. My start has been so very full of interest, and that is the sole reason why I have to laugh at the humorous side of the most dangerous moments.”

“They mustnt know my despair, I cant let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldnt bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks Im showing off; when Im”

“No one has ever become poor by giving.”

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

“And Then They Came for Me”

“I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are still truly good at heart,”