Thursday, April 30, 2009

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

The quotes attributed to Anne Frank are intelligent and kind. They are also relevant to the world we live in – a world full of uncertainties. These quotes have an amazing healing effect. Their most remarkable property is that they are extremely positive, despite all that Anne had to go through in her brief life. An honest assessment will tell you that it’s a lot easier to be vengeful and unforgiving. Therefore these quotes are also sobering. Anne Frank will forever remain a “pole” star for those who feel lost in trying to figure out the right from the wrong.

The Quotes:

“I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.”

“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.”

“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!”

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

“I live in a crazy time.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

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

“No one has ever become poor by giving.”

“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.”

“The final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands.”

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

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

“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.”

“I simply can't build my hopes on a foundation of confusion, misery and death... I think... peace and tranquillity will return again.”