Anne Frank Quotes

Anne Frank was a teenager when she was caught up in the horrors of Nazi Germany. She died in a concentration camp. She left behind a diary, where she wrote about her experiences, hopes, and dreams. Here are a few quotes from 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
  
  
• "I don't believe the war is simply the work of politicians and capitalists. Oh no, the common man is every bit as guilty; otherwise, people and nations would have rebelled long ago! There's a destructive urge in people, the urge to rage, murder, and kill. And until all of humanity, without exception, undergoes a metamorphosis, wars will continue to be waged, and everything that has been carefully built up, cultivated and grown will be cut down and destroyed, only to start all over again!"
  - Anne Frank, The Diary of Anne Frank
  
  
• "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."
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• "I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart."
  - Anne Frank
  
  
• "I see the eight of us with our 'Secret Annexe' as if we were a little piece of blue heaven, surrounded by heavy black rain clouds. The round, clearly defined spot where we stand is still safe, but the clouds gather more closely about us and the circle which separates us from the approaching danger closes more and more tightly. Now we are so surrounded by danger and darkness that we bump against each other, as we search desperately for a means of escape. We all look down below, where people are fighting each other, we look above, where it is quiet and beautiful, and meanwhile we are cut off by the great dark mass, which will not let us go upwards, but which stands before us as an impenetrable wall; it tries to crush us, but cannot do so yet. I can only cry and implore: 'Oh, if only the black circle could recede and open the way for us!'"
  - Anne Frank, The Diary of Anne Frank
  
  
• "Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction."
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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."
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• "We all live with the objective of being happy, our lives are all different and yet the same."
  - Anne Frank