Anne Frank
Annelies Marie Frank (German pronunciation: [ʔanəliːs maˈʁiː ˈʔanə ˈfʁaŋk]; Dutch pronunciation: [ʔɑnəˈlis maːˈri ˈʔɑnə ˈfrɑŋk]; 12 June 1929 – February or March 1945) was a German-born diarist and writer. She is one of the most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Her diary, The Diary of a Young Girl, which documents her life in hiding during the German occupation of the Netherlands in World War II, is one of the world's most widely known books and has been the basis for several plays and films.
Born in the city of Frankfurt, Germany, she lived most of her life in or near Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Born a German national, Frank lost her citizenship in 1941 and thus became stateless. The Frank family moved from Germany to Amsterdam in the early 1930s when the Nazis gained control over Germany. By May 1940, they were trapped in Amsterdam by the German occupation of the Netherlan...
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Anne Frank Quotes
Anne Frank #Beauty
Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
Anne Frank #Beauty
I don't think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.
Anne Frank #Death #Good
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 #Death #Hope #Peace
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 #Good
I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.
Anne Frank #Time
I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.
Anne Frank #Time
I live in a crazy time.
Anne Frank #Good
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 #Good #Great #Love
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 #Work
Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.
Anne Frank #Good
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 #Inspirational
Whoever is happy will make others happy too.
Anne Frank #Good
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 #Good
Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
Anne Frank #Good
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 #Alone #Best #God #Nature
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.