Anne Frank Quotes

You only really get to know a person after a fight. Only then can you judge their true characters!

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

Asombra que yo no haya abandonado aún todas mis esperanzas, puesto que parecen absurdas e irrealizables. Sin embargo, me aferro a ellas a pesar de todo, porque sigo creyendo en la bondad innata del hombre.

Men kan zeggen, je moet je mond houden, maar geen oordeel hebben bestaat niet. Niemand kan een ander zijn oordeel verbieden, al is die ander nog zo jong.

Work, love, courage and hope,
Make me good and help me cope!

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!

I can shake off everything if I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn. But, and that is the greatest question, will I ever be able to write anything great, will I ever become a journalist or a writer? I hope so, oh, I hope so very much, for I can recapture everything when I write, my thoughts, my ideas and my fantasies.

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

Deep down I know I could never be that innocent again, however much I'd like to be.

Ik geloof nooit dat de oorlog de schuld is alleen van de grote mannen, van de regeerders en kapitalisten. O neen, de kleine man doet het net zo goed graag, anders zouden de volkeren er toch al lang tegen in opstand zijn gekomen! Er is nu eenmaal in de mensen een drang tot vernieling, een drang tot doodslaan, tot vermoorden en razen en zolang de gehele mensheid, zonder uitzondering, geen grote metamorphose heeft ondergaan, zal de oorlog woeden, zal alles wat opgebouwd, aangekweekt en gegroeid is, weer geschonden en vernietigd worden, waarna de mensheid opnieuw moet beginnen.

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.

but i've slammed the door to my inner self; if he ever wants to force the lock again, he'll have to use a harder crowbar!

Why do I always think and dream the most awful things and want to scream in terror?

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

In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.