Anne Frank Quotes

Be inspired by the wisdom in these Anne Frank quotes. She suffered challenges that most of us could never imagine. She was born in Germany on June 12, 1929. As a German-Jew she was force to go into hiding during the Holocaust. Anne and her family spent 25 months hiding in rooms above her fathers office only to be betrayed to the Nazis. Along with her family she was deported to a Nazi concentration camps where Anne died of typhus nine months later (March 1945). She was only fifteen years old. Her dairy was first published in 1947 and has been read by millions. We hope her wisdom and insight encourages you and inspires you. Despite her age, she had wisdom that most of us can only hope for. Collection compiled by

I keep my ideals, because 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

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. Anne Frank

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

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

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

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

Whoever is happy will make others happy, too.
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

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

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


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