Anne Frank

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

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.

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

I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.

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.

I don't think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains

No one has ever become poor by giving.

Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.

I don't want to have lived in vain like most people. 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!

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.