Quotes by Anne Frank

• Success is not defined by the size of your bank account, but by the depth of your compassion and the generosity of your heart.
• 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.
• Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?
• We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.
• Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
• 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.
• 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.
• No one has ever become poor by giving.
• Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.
• Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
• 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.
• Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
• 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 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.
• 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!
• 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.
• How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
• I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.
• I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
• I live in a crazy time.
• I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.
• I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again.
• 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.
• Strength lies not in what you have but in what you can give.
• In a society that values conformity, the true rebels are those who dare to be themselves unapologetically.
• Do not fear failure, for in the face of adversity, true strength is revealed.
• Life is a journey, not a race. Take your time, enjoy the scenery, and cherish the moments along the way.
• Embrace the messiness of life, for in chaos, beauty is often found.
• Embrace the messiness of life, for within chaos lies the beauty of untamed potential.
• True strength lies not in conformity, but in the courage to stand proudly as you are, despite the world's pressures to change.
• True growth happens when we embrace change with an open heart and an open mind, allowing ourselves to evolve into the best version of who we are meant to be.
• Never underestimate the power of simplicity in a world that glorifies complexity.
• Embrace uncertainty, for within it lies the opportunity for endless growth and transformation.
• Your greatness is not in what you have, but in what you give.
• In the long-run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit
• In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.
• Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.