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35 Inspirational Anne Frank Quotes On Success

Anne Frank was a German-born Dutch-Jewish diarist. One of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust, she gained fame posthumously with the publication of The Diary of a Young Girl (originally Het Achterhuis in Dutch; English: The Secret Annex), in which she documents her life in hiding from 1942 to 1944, during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II. It is one of the world’s best known books and has been the basis for several plays and films. May these Anne Frank Quotes On Success inspire you to take action so that you may live your dreams.

1. “Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.” Anne Frank

2. “He who has courage and faith will never perish in misery!” Anne Frank

3. “I live in a crazy time.” Anne Frank

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

5. “In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.” Anne Frank

6. “If I haven’t any talent for writing books or newspaper articles, well, then I can always write for myself.” Anne Frank

7. “Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.” Anne Frank

8. “No one has ever become poor by giving.” Anne Frank

9. “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

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

11. “Whoever is happy will make others happy too.” Anne Frank

12. “Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?” Anne Frank

13. “Boys will be boys. And even that wouldn’t matter if only we could prevent girls from being girls.” Anne Frank

14. “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

15. “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 independent of anyone.” Anne Frank

16. “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

17. “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

18. “I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.” Anne Frank

19. “Whoever doesn’t know it must learn and find by experience that ‘a quiet conscience makes one strong!'” Anne Frank

20. “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.” Anne Frank

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

22. “The final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.” Anne Frank

23. “Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.” Anne Frank

24. “No one knows Anne’s better side, and that’s why most people can’t stand me. Oh, I can be an amusing clown for an afternoon, but after that, everyone’s had enough of me to last a month.” Anne Frank

25. “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

26. “When I write, I can shake off all my cares.” Anne Frank

27. “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

28. “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

29. “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

30. “I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. I feel the suffering of millions. And yet, when I look up at the sky, I somehow feel that everything will change for the better, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.” Anne Frank

31. “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

32. “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

33. “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.” Anne Frank

34. “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