110+ Anne Frank Quotes On Writing, Peace And Holocaust

Anne Frank was a German diarist who is most famous for her diary documenting her experiences during the Holocaust. She was born in 1929 in Germany and her family moved to Amsterdam in 1933 to escape Nazi persecution. Her diary was published after her death in 1945 and has become one of the world's most widely read books. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Anne Frank on writing, peace, holocaust.

Top 10 Anne Frank Quotes

1. Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because the regret is stronger than gratitude.
2. Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.
3. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
4. Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
5. No one has ever become poor by giving.
6. You can always give something, even if it is only kindness.
7. 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!
8. Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
9. Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.
10. I believe in the sun, even when it rains.

Anne Frank Image Quotes

No one has ever become poor by giving. — Anne Frank

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

Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction. — Anne Frank

I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles. — Anne Frank

What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again — Anne Frank

Anne Frank Short Quotes

• Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.
• What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again
• In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.
• I think a lot, but I don't say much.
• The young are not afraid of telling the truth.
• The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!
• Deep down, the young are lonelier than the old.
• I live in a crazy time.
• What one Christian does is his own responsibility, what one Jew does is thrown back at all Jews.
• As long as you're in the food business, why not make sweets?

Anne Frank Quotes About Writing

I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart. — Anne Frank

I can recapture everything when I write, my thoughts, my ideals and my fantasies. — Anne Frank

When I write, I can shake off all my cares. — Anne Frank

If I haven't any talent for writing books or newspaper articles, well, then I can always write for myself. — Anne Frank

Let's not talk about it any more, but if you still want anything please write to me about it, because I can say what I mean much better on paper. — Anne Frank

There's something happening everyday, but I'm too tired and lazy to write it all down. — Anne Frank

Writing in a diary is a really strange experience for someone like me. Not only because I've never written anything before, but also because it seems to me that later on neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl. — Anne Frank

I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn. — Anne Frank

When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived. — Anne Frank

Anne Frank Quotes About Peace

A quiet conscience makes one strong! — Anne Frank

I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again. — Anne Frank

I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that every-thing will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more. — Anne Frank

Why can't people live with each other in peace? Why must everything be destroyed? Why must people go hungry while surplus food elsewhere in the world rots away? Oh why must people be so crazy? — Anne Frank

leave me in peace, let me sleep one night at least without my pillow being wet with tears, my eyes burning and my head throbbing — Anne Frank

But I won't bore you any longer on the subject of old men. It won't make things any better and all my plans of revenge (such as disconnecting the lamp, shutting the door, hiding his clothes) must be abandoned in order to keep the peace. Oh, I'm becoming so sensible! ... — Anne Frank

Anne Frank Quotes About War

What, oh, what is the use of the war? Why can — Anne Frank

Everyone thinks I'm showing off when I talk, ridiculous when I'm silent, insolent when I answer, cunning when I have a good idea, lazy when I'm tired, selfish when I eat one bite more than I should. — Anne Frank

I don't believe that the big men, the politicians and capitalists alone, are guilty of war. Oh no, the little man is just as guilty, otherwise the peoples of the world would have risen in revolt long ago! — Anne Frank

Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn't women have their share? Soldiers and war heroes are honored and commemorated, explorers are granted immortal fame, martyrs are revered, but how many people look upon women too as soldiers? — Anne Frank

Another fact that doesn't exactly brighten up our days is that Mr. Van Maaren, the man who works in the warehouse, is getting suspicious about the Annex. — Anne Frank

I simply can't imagine the world will ever be normal again for us. I do talk about "after the war," but it's as if I'm talking about a castle in the air, something that can never come true. — Anne Frank

Why are millions spent on the war each day, while not a penny is available for ... artists or the poor? Why do people have to starve when mountians of food are rotting away in other parts of the world? Oh, why are people so crazy? — 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!. — Anne Frank

We've all been a little confused this past week, because our dearly beloved Westertoren bells have been carted off to be melted down for the war, so we have no idea of the exact time, either night or day. — Anne Frank

One must apply one's reason to everything here, learning to obey, to shut up, to help, to be good, to give in, and I don't know what else. I'm afraid I shall use up all my brains too quickly, and I haven't got so very many. Then I shall not have any left for when the war is over. — Anne Frank

Anne Frank Quotes About Happiness

As long as you can look fearlessly at the sky, you'll know that your pure within and will find happiness once more. — Anne Frank

Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction. — Anne Frank

We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same. — Anne Frank

We’re all alive, but we don’t know why or what for; we’re all searching for happiness; we’re all leading lives which are different and yet the same. — Anne Frank

Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles. — Anne Frank

The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside — Anne Frank

You must work and do good, not be lazy and gamble, if you wish to earn happiness. Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction. — Anne Frank

Live with the objective of being happy. — Anne Frank

You must work and should not be lazy if you want to be happy. — Anne Frank

I don't have much in the way of money or worldly possessions, I'm not beautiful, intelligent or clever, but I'm happy, and I intend to stay that way! I was born happy, I love people, I have a trusting nature, and I'd like everyone else to be happy too. — Anne Frank

Anne Frank Quotes About Love

You can always-always-give something, even if it's a simple act of kindness! If everyone were to give in this way and didn't scrimp on kindly words, there would be much more love and justice in the world! — Anne Frank

I know what I want, I have a goal, an opinion, I have a religion and love. Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I’m a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage. — Anne Frank

How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world! How lovely that everyone, great and small, can make their contribution toward introducing justice straightaway... And you can always, always give something, even if it is only kindness! — Anne Frank

I love the time I spend with you. You make my living worth-while. Why dint I meet you before. I wish I could start my life From the beginning with you because the time I spend with you is never enough. I need you more everyday. — Anne Frank

Don't aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally. Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart. — Anne Frank

I want something from Daddy that he is not able to give me. ... It is only that I long for Daddy's real love: not only as his child, but for me - Anne, myself. — Anne Frank

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. — Anne Frank

Sympathy, Love, Fortune... We all have these qualities but still tend to not use them! — Anne Frank

You can be lonely even when you are loved by many people, since you are still not anybody's one and only. — Anne Frank

How lovely to think that no one need wait a moment, we can start now, start slowly changing the world! — Anne Frank

Anne Frank Quotes About Hope

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

Where there is hope...there is life — Anne Frank

Our blessed radio. It gives us eyes and ears out into the world. We listen to the German station only for good music. And we listen to the BBC for hope. — Anne Frank

Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again. — Anne Frank

Anne Frank Quotes About Life

I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles. — Anne Frank

One gets on better in life if one is not over modest. — Anne Frank

The reason for my starting a diary is that I have no real friend. — Anne Frank

Looking back, I realize that this period of my life has irrevocably come to a close; my happy-go-lucky, carefree schooldays are gone forever. I don't even miss them. I've outgrown them. I can no longer just kid around, since my serious side is always there. — Anne Frank

Anne Frank Quotes About Hiding

The Annex is an ideal place to hide in. It may be damp and lopsided, but there's probably not a more comfortable hiding place in all of Amsterdam. No, in all of Holland. — Anne Frank

My lighter, more superficial side will always steal a march on the deeper side and therefore always win. You can't imagine how often I've tried to push away this Anne, which is only half of what is known as Anne - to beat her down, hide her. — Anne Frank

Not being able to go outside upsets me more than I can say, and I’m terrified our hiding place will be discovered and that we’ll be shot. — Anne Frank

Anne Frank Quotes About People

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

Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart. — Anne Frank

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

I want friends, not admirers. People who respect me for my character and my deeds, not my flattering smile. The circle around me would be much smaller, but what does that matter, as long as they're sincere? — Anne Frank

People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn't stop you from having your own opinion. — Anne Frank

Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction. Ultimately people shape their own characters. — 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

Anyhow, I've learned one thing now. You only really get to know people when you've had a jolly good row with them. Then and then only can you judge their true characters! — Anne Frank

I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or bring enjoyment to all people, even those I've never met. I want to go on living even after my death! — Anne Frank

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. — Anne Frank

Anne Frank Quotes About World

The world has plenty of room, riches, money and beauty ... Let us begin by dividing it more fairly. — Anne Frank

I've reached the point where I hardly care whether I live or die. The world will keep on turning without me, and I can't do anything to change events anyway. — Anne Frank

There's plenty of room for everyone in the world. Enough money, riches, and beauty for all to share. God has made enought for everyone, so let us all begin then by sharing it fairly. — Anne Frank

I... keep trying to find a way to become what I'd like to be and what I could be if... if only there were no other people in the world. — Anne Frank

How wonderful it is that no one has to wait, but can start right now to gradually change the world! — Anne Frank

If God lets me live, I shall attain more than Mummy ever has done, I shall not remain insignificant, I shall work in the world and for mankind! — Anne Frank

I long to ride a bike, dance, whistle, look at the world, feel young and know that I'm free, and yet I can't let it show. Just imagine what would happen if all eight of us were to feel sorry for ourselves or walk around with the discontent clearly visible on our faces. Where would that get us? — Anne Frank

Anne Frank Quotes About Misery

I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains. — Anne Frank

A person who's happy will make others happy; a person who has courage and faith will never die in misery — Anne Frank

He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery! — Anne Frank

I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains....My advice is: Go outside, to the fields, enjoy nature and the sunshine, go out and try to recapture happiness in yourself and in God. Think of all the beauty that's still left in and around you and be happy! — Anne Frank

Those who have courage and faith shall never perish in misery — Anne Frank

Anne Frank Quotes About Character

The only way to truly know a person is to argue with them. For when they argue in full swing, then they reveal their true character. — 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

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. — Anne Frank

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

Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. — Anne Frank

I can't imagine how anyone can say: "I'm weak," and then remain so. After all, if you know it, why not fight against it, why not try to train your character? The answer was: "Because it's so much easier not to! — Anne Frank

Anne Frank Famous Quotes And Sayings

No one has ever become poor by giving. — Anne Frank

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

I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles. — Anne Frank

What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again — Anne Frank

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

There's only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and foget everybody else! It sound egotistical, but it's actually the only cure for those suffering from self-pity. — Anne Frank

I'm currently in the middle of a depression. I couldn't really tell you what set it off, but I think it stems from my cowardice, which confronts me at every turn. — Anne Frank

Then, without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day; of course, you achieve quite a lot in the course of time. Anyone can do this, it costs nothing and is certainly very helpful. Whoever doesn't know it must learn and find by experience that a quiet conscience makes one strong. — Anne Frank

How noble and good everyone could be if, every evening before falling asleep, they were to recall to their minds the events of the whole day and consider exactly what has been good and bad. Then without realizing it, you try to improve yourself at the start of each new day. — Anne Frank

I hid myself within myself ... and quietly wrote down all my joys, sorrows and contempt in my diary. — Anne Frank

I am what a romantic movie is to a profound thinker - a mere diversion, a comic interlude, something that is soon forgotten. — Anne Frank

Riches, power and fame last only for a few years! Why do people cling so desperately to these transitory things? Why can't people who have more than they need for themselves give that surplus to their fellow citizens? Why should some people have such a hard time during their few years on this earth? — Anne Frank

There's in people simply an urge to destroy, an urge to kill, to murder and rage, and until all mankind, without exception, undergoes a great change, wars will be waged, everything that has been built up, cultivated, and grown will be destroyed and disfigured, after which mankind will have to begin all over again — Anne Frank

Yes, there is no doubt that paper is patient and as I don't intend to show this cardboard-covered notebook, bearing the proud name of "diary," to anyone, unless I find a real friend, boy or girl, probably nobody cares. And now I come to the root of the matter, the reason for my starting a diary: it is that I have no such real friend. — Anne Frank

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. — Anne Frank

But feelings can't be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem. — Anne Frank

The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever — Anne Frank

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. — Anne Frank

You can get around to meaningful conversations more quickly in the dark than with the sun tickling your face. — Anne Frank

This morning I lay in the bathtub thinking how wonderful it would be if I had a dog like Rin Tin Tin. I'd call him Rin Tin Tin too, and I'd take him to school with me, where he could stay in the janitor's room or by the bicycle racks when the weather was good. — Anne Frank

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

How wonderful it is that we can start doing good at this very moment. — Anne Frank

Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl? — Anne Frank

Sometimes I think God is trying to test me, both now and in the future. I'll have to become a good person on my own, without anyone to serve as a model or advise me, but it'll make me stronger in the end. — Anne Frank

I want to go on living even after my death, And therefore I am grateful to God For giving this gift... Of expressing all that is in me. — Anne Frank

I do my best to please everybody, far more than they'd ever guess. I try to laugh it all off, because I don't want to let them see my trouble. — Anne Frank

Older people have formed their opinions about everything, and don't waver before they act. It's twice as hard for us young ones to hold our ground, and maintain our opinions, in a time when all ideals are being shattered and destroyed, when people are showing their worst side, and do not know whether to believe in truth and right and God. — Anne Frank

I feel wicked sleeping in a warm bed, while my dearest friends have been knocked down or have fallen into a gutter somewhere out in the cold night. I get frightened when I think of close friends who have now been delivered into the hands of the cruelest brutes that walk the earth. And all because they are Jews! — Anne Frank

Thinking about the suffering of those you hold dear can reduce you to tears; in fact, you could spend the whole day crying. — Anne Frank

Don't condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point. — Anne Frank

I've found that there is always some beauty left-in nature, sunshine, freedom, in yourself; these can all help you. Look at these things, then you find yourself again, and God, and then you regain your balance. And whoever is happy will make others happy too. He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery! — Anne Frank

What I condemn are our system of values and the men who don't acknowledge how great, difficult, but ultimately beautiful women's share in society is. — Anne Frank

Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices. Then our choices make us. — Anne Frank

I have a family, loving aunts, and a good home. No, on the surface I seem to have everything except my one true friend. All I think about when I'm with friends is having a good time. I can't bring myself to talk about anything but ordinary everyday things. We don't seem to be able to get any closer, and that's the problem. — Anne Frank

This is a photograph of me as I wish I looked all the time. Then I might have a chance of getting in Hollywood. — Anne Frank

Sleep makes the silence and the terrible fear go by more quickly, helps pass the time, since it's impossible to kill. — Anne Frank

I can't help telling you that I've begin to feel deserted. — Anne Frank

Bolkenstein, a Minister, was speaking on the Dutch programme from London, and he said that they ought to make a collection of diaries and letters after the war. Of course, they all made a rush at my diary immediately. Just imagine how interesting it would be if I were to publish a romance of the "Secret Annexe." The title alone would be enough to make people think it was a detective story. — Anne Frank

Paper has more patience than people. — Anne Frank

They mustn't know my despair, I can't let them see the wounds which they have caused, I couldn't bear their sympathy and their kind-hearted jokes, it would only make me want to scream all the more. If I talk, everyone thinks I'm showing off; when I'm silent they think I'm ridiculous; rude if I answer, sly if I get a good idea, lazy if I'm tired, selfish if I eat a mouthful more than I should, stupid, cowardly, crafty, etc. etc. — Anne Frank

I looked up in the sky and trusted in God. — Anne Frank

I believe that in the course of the next century the notion that it's a woman's duty to have children will change and make way for the respect and admiration of all women, who bear their burdens without complaint or a lot of pompous words! — Anne Frank

Life Lessons by Anne Frank

1. Life is precious and should be treasured, no matter how difficult the circumstances. Anne Frank's diary is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit in the face of adversity.
2. It is important to never give up hope, even when things seem bleak. Anne Frank's diary is a reminder that there is always light in the darkness.
3. We must strive to be kind and understanding of others, even when faced with prejudice and hatred. Anne Frank's diary is a reminder that we must never forget the power of love and compassion.