“How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.”
“I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.”
“In spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
“Whoever is happy will make others happy too.”
“No one has ever become poor by giving.”
“Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.”
“Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.”
“Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.”
“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.”
“People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn’t stop you from having your own opinion.”
“We all live with the objective of being happy; our lives are all different and yet the same.”
“Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.”
“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.”
“The final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.”
“I think a lot, but I don’t say much.”
“Those who have courage and faith shall never perish in misery.”
“I know what I want, I have a goal, an opinion, I have a religion and love.”
“I long to ride a bike, dance, whistle, look at the world, feel young and know that I’m free.”
“Sympathy, love, fortune… We all have these qualities but still tend to not use them!”
“Riches can all be lost, but that happiness in your own heart can only be veiled, and it will bring you happiness again, as long as you live.”
“As long as you can look fearlessly at the sky, you’ll know you’re pure within.”
“People who have a religion should be glad, for not everyone has the gift of believing in heavenly things.”
“Memories mean more to me than dresses.”
“Who would ever think that so much went on in the soul of a young girl?”
“It’s difficult in times like these: ideals, dreams, and cherished hopes rise within us, only to be crushed by grim reality.”
“There’s only one rule you need to remember: laugh at everything and forget everybody else!”
“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.”
“It’s really a wonder that I haven’t dropped all my ideals because they seem so absurd and impossible to carry out.”
“When I write, I can shake off all my cares.”
“A person who’s happy will make others happy; a person who has courage and faith will never die in misery!”
“I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness, I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too.”
“People can so easily be tempted by slackness… and by money.”
“We’re all human, aren’t we? Every human being has to suffer in one way or another.”
“The good news is that you don’t know how great you can be!”
“You can always give something, even if it is only kindness!”
“I live in a crazy time, but I’ll write to keep my head cool and not give up.”
“I want to go on living even after my death!”
“In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit.”
“Everyone has inside of him a piece of good news.”
“Whoever doesn’t know it must learn and find by experience that a quiet conscience makes one strong!”
“I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too.”
“The weak fall, but the strong will remain and never go under!”
“Although I’m only fourteen, I know what I want, I know who I am.”
“Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.”
“I think it’s wonderful that I haven’t lost faith in humanity.”
“It’s a wonder I haven’t abandoned all my ideals; they seem so absurd and impractical.”
“There’s one golden rule to keep before you: laugh about everything and don’t bother yourself about the others!”
“I want to write, but more than that, I want to bring out all kinds of things that lie buried deep in my heart.”
“I don’t want to have lived in vain like most people.”
“I don’t want to have lived in vain.”
“I feel wicked sleeping in a warm bed, while my dearest friends have been knocked down or are being knocked down somewhere in the cold.”
“I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart.”
“It’s a fine thing to have a lot of talent, but the ability to discover it in others is the true gift.”
“How noble and good everyone could be if, at the end of each day, they were to review their own behavior.”
“I know I’m a woman, a woman with inner strength and a great deal of courage.”
“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!”
“People who give will never be poor.”
“A quiet conscience makes one strong!”
“Our lives are fashioned by our choices. First we make our choices. Then our choices make us.”
“I know what I want, I have a goal, an opinion.”
“Isn’t it wonderful that we are all so different and have different ways to think?”
“One gets on better in life if one is not overly modest.”
“If I read a book that impresses me, I have to take myself firmly by the hand before I mix with other people.”
“I can’t imagine having to live like Mother, Mrs. van Daan, and all the women who go about their work and are then forgotten.”
“We aren’t just all the things we say to ourselves, but also the things we dream of being.”
“Whoever doesn’t know it must learn and find by experience that a quiet conscience makes one strong!”
“Because paper has more patience than people.”
“I want to be remembered as a kind person, and I want to make others happy too.”
“I hope to find a way to be useful after my death.”