“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”
— Anne Frank
“No one has ever become poor by giving.”
“Where there’s hope, there’s life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.”
“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
“Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.”
“Dead people receive more flowers than the living ones because the regret is stronger than gratitude.”
“What a wonderful thought it is that some of the best days of our lives haven’t even happened yet.”
“Whoever is happy will make others happy.”
“In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.”
“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.”
“I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.”
“Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices. Then our choices make us.”
“A quiet conscience makes one strong!”
“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.”
“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. ”
“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.”
“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!”
“And you can always, always, give kindness.”
“I think a lot, but I don’t say much.”
“You can always give something, even if it is only kindness.”
“Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.”
“Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.”
“We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.”
“Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.”
“Give and you shall receive, much more that you ever thought possible. Give and give again. People who give will never be poor!”
“What is done cannot be undone, but one can prevent it happening again.”
“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.”
“I looked up in the sky and trusted in God.”
“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.”
“You can be lonely even when you are loved by many people, since you are still not anybody’s one and only.”
“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.”
“An empty day, though clear and bright, Is just as dark as any night.”
“People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn’t stop you from having your own opinion.”
“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!”
“As long as this exists, this sunshine and this cloudless sky, and as long as I can enjoy it, how can I be sad?”
“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.”
“Crying can bring relief, as long as you don’t cry alone.”
“I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles.”
“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?”
“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.”
“Misfortunes never come singly.”
“Earning happiness means doing good and working, not speculating and being lazy. Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.”
“Memories mean more to me than dresses.”
“Paper is more patient than man.”
“I believe in the sun, even when it rains.”
“I wish to go on living even after my death.”
“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.”
“You must work and should not be lazy if you want to be happy.”
“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.”
“We can’t control our destiny, but we can control who we become.”
“There’s one golden rule to keep before you: laugh about everything and don’t bother yourself about the others!”
“When I write I can shake off all my cares. My sorrow disappears, my spirits are revived.”
“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.”
“People who give will never be poor.”
“Deep down, the young are lonelier than the old.”
“The weak die out and the strong will survive, and will live on forever.”
“But feelings can’t be ignored, no matter how unjust or ungrateful they seem.”
“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.”
“Ordinary people simply don’t know what books mean to us, shut up here. Reading, learning, and the radio are our amusements.”
“Sometimes I believe that God wants to try me, both now and later on; I must become good through my own efforts, without examples and without good advice.”
“If the truth is told, things are just as bad as you yourself care to make them.”
“I live in a crazy time.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Don’t be too assuming, it doesn’t get you anywhere.”
“The best remedy for those who are afraid, lonely or unhappy is to go outside.”
“Who else but me is ever going to read these letters?”
“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!”
“Those who have courage and faith shall never perish in misery.”
“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.”
“I think it’s odd that grown-ups quarrel so easily and so often and about such petty matters. Up to now I always thought bickering was just something children did and that they outgrew it.”
“Go outsideamidst the simple beauty of natureand know that as long as places like this exist, there will be comfort for every sorrow, whatever the circumstances may be.”
“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.”
“I’m sentimental – I know. I’m desperate and silly – I know that too. Oh, help me!”
“It won’t take long before I explode with pent-up rage.”
“As long as you’re in the food business, why not make sweets?”
“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.”
“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.”
“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?”
“I had to hold my head up high and put a bold face on things, but the thoughts keep coming anyways.”
“We aren’t allowed to have any opinions. People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but it doesn’t stop you having your own opinion. Even if people are still very young, they shouldn’t be prevented from saying what they think.”
“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.”
“The young are not afraid of telling the truth.”
“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!”
“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.”
“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.”
“As long as you can look fearlessly at the sky, you’ll know that your pure within and will find happiness once more.”
“In the future I’m going to devote less time to sentimentality and more time to reality.”
“I don’t dare do anything anymore, ’cause I’m afraid it’s not allowed.”
“Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction. Ultimately people shape their own characters.”
“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.”
“Sleep makes the silence and the terrible fear go by more quickly, helps pass the time, since it’s impossible to kill.”
“How wonderful it is that we can start doing good at this very moment.”
“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!”
“I never utter my real feelings about anything. My lighter, superficial side will always be too quick for the deeper side of me, and that’s why it always wins.”
“One gets on better in life if one is not over modest.”
“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.”
“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.”
“I can recapture everything when I write, my thoughts, my ideals and my fantasies.”
“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.”
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