Anne Frank Quotes Archives - Famous Inspirational Quotes & Sayings

Don't be too assuming, it doesn't get you anywhere.
—Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

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.
—Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

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

The young are not afraid of telling the truth.
—Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

Don't condemn me, remember rather that sometimes I, too, can reach the bursting point.
—Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

I want to go on living even after my death! And therefore I am grateful to G-d for this gift, this possibility of developing myself and of writing, of expressing all that is in me. I can shake off everything if I write; my sorrows disappear; my courage is reborn. But, and that is the great question, will I ever be able to write anything great, will I ever become a journalist or a writer?
—Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

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, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

Then I fall asleep with a stupid feeling of wishing to be different from what I am or from what I want to be; perhaps to behave differently from the way I want to behave or do behave.
—Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

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, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

I want to go on living even after my death
—Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

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, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

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, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

He clings to his solitude, to his affected indifference and his grown-up ways, but it's just an act, so as never, never to show his real feelings.
—Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

I was too happy for words and I believe he was as well.
—Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

Misfortunes never come singly.
—Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

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, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

A person who's happy will make others happy; a person who has courage and faith will never die in misery
—Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

I also have a brand-new prescription for gunfire jitters: When the shooting gets loud, proceed to the nearest wooden staircase. Run up and down a few times, making sure to stumble at least once. What with the scratches and the noise of running and falling, you won't even be able to hear the shooting, much less worry about it. Yours truly has put this magic formula to use, with great success!
—Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

I wish to go on living even after my death.
—Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

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, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

This week I've been reading a lot and doing little work. That's the way things ought to be. That's surely the road to success.
—Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

A quiet conscience makes one strong!
—Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

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

I wonder if anyone can ever succeed in making their children content.
—Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

One gets on better in life if one is not over modest.
—Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

We are shut up here, shut away from the world, in fear and anxiety, especially just lately. Why, then, would we who love each other remain apart? Why should we wait until we've reached suitable age? Why should we bother?
—Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

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 indepedent of anyone.
—Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"

I argued that talking is a female trait and that I would do my best to keep it under control, but that I would never be able to break myself of the habit, since my mother talked as much as I did, if not more, and that there's not much you can do about inherited traits.
—Anne Frank, "The Diary of a Young Girl"