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Anne Frank

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Anne Frank was a young diarist whose words became a lasting testament to hope amid unimaginable hardship. Writing with honesty and insight, she captured the fears, dreams, and resilience of the human spirit during one of history’s darkest periods. The following quotes reflect Anne Frank’s enduring optimism, courage, and belief in the goodness of people.

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Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.
Topic: Other
Anne Frank
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Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will bring you happiness again, as long as you live.
From Readings on the Diary of a Young Girl
Topic: Happiness
Anne Frank
5.0
I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
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Paper is more patient than man.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Topic: Life
Anne Frank
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In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.
From The Diary of Anne Frank
Anne Frank
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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
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We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.
Topic: Happiness
Anne Frank
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I've learned one thing: you can only really get to know a person after a row. Only then can you judge their true character!
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
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Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
Anne Frank
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Because paper has more patience than people.
Anne Frank
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It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Topic: Hope
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
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.
From The Diary of Anne Frank
Anne Frank
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How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
From Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings
Anne Frank
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Are you planning to give Anne a Bible for Hanukkah?" Margot asked, somewhat perturbed.
"Yes...Well, maybe St. Nicholas Day would be a better occasion," Father replied.
Jesus and Hanukkah don't exactly go together.
From Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition of the World’s Most Famous Diary
Topic: Education
Anne Frank
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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
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I love you, with a love so great that it simply couldn't keep growing inside my heart, but had to leap out and reveal itself in all its magnitude.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Topic: Love
Anne Frank
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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
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No one has ever become poor by giving.
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
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.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
Riches, prestige, everything can be lost. But the happiness in your own heart can only be dimmed; it will always be there, as long as you live, to make you happy again.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Topic: Happiness
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
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.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Topic: Hope
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.
Topic: Other
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will bring you happiness again, as long as you live.
From Readings on the Diary of a Young Girl
Topic: Happiness
Anne Frank
5.0
I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
Paper is more patient than man.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Topic: Life
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.
From The Diary of Anne Frank
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
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
NOT YET RATED
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.
Topic: Happiness
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
I've learned one thing: you can only really get to know a person after a row. Only then can you judge their true character!
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
Because paper has more patience than people.
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Topic: Hope
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
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.
From The Diary of Anne Frank
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
From Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
Are you planning to give Anne a Bible for Hanukkah?" Margot asked, somewhat perturbed.
"Yes...Well, maybe St. Nicholas Day would be a better occasion," Father replied.
Jesus and Hanukkah don't exactly go together.
From Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition of the World’s Most Famous Diary
Topic: Education
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
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
NOT YET RATED
I love you, with a love so great that it simply couldn't keep growing inside my heart, but had to leap out and reveal itself in all its magnitude.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Topic: Love
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
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
NOT YET RATED
No one has ever become poor by giving.
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
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.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
Riches, prestige, everything can be lost. But the happiness in your own heart can only be dimmed; it will always be there, as long as you live, to make you happy again.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Topic: Happiness
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
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.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Topic: Hope
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.
Topic: Other
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will bring you happiness again, as long as you live.
From Readings on the Diary of a Young Girl
Topic: Happiness
Anne Frank
5.0
I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
Paper is more patient than man.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Topic: Life
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.
From The Diary of Anne Frank
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
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
NOT YET RATED
We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.
Topic: Happiness
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
I've learned one thing: you can only really get to know a person after a row. Only then can you judge their true character!
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
Because paper has more patience than people.
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
It's difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality. It's a wonder I haven't abandoned all my ideals, they seem so absurd and impractical. Yet I cling to them because I still believe, in spite of everything, that people are truly good at heart.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Topic: Hope
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
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.
From The Diary of Anne Frank
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
From Anne Frank's Tales from the Secret Annex: A Collection of Her Short Stories, Fables, and Lesser-Known Writings
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
Are you planning to give Anne a Bible for Hanukkah?" Margot asked, somewhat perturbed.
"Yes...Well, maybe St. Nicholas Day would be a better occasion," Father replied.
Jesus and Hanukkah don't exactly go together.
From Diary of a Young Girl: The Definitive Edition of the World’s Most Famous Diary
Topic: Education
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
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
NOT YET RATED
I love you, with a love so great that it simply couldn't keep growing inside my heart, but had to leap out and reveal itself in all its magnitude.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Topic: Love
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
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
NOT YET RATED
No one has ever become poor by giving.
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
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.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
Riches, prestige, everything can be lost. But the happiness in your own heart can only be dimmed; it will always be there, as long as you live, to make you happy again.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Topic: Happiness
Anne Frank
NOT YET RATED
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.
From The Diary of a Young Girl
Topic: Hope
Anne Frank