Anne Frank, born on June 12, 1929, in Frankfurt, Germany, was a Jewish girl who gained posthumous fame through her diary, “The Diary of a Young Girl.” Her family moved to Amsterdam in 1933 to escape Nazi persecution and went into hiding in 1942. During this time, Anne documented her thoughts and experiences. In 1944, the family was betrayed and sent to concentration camps, where Anne died of typhus in 1945. Her father, Otto Frank, survived and published her diary in 1947. The diary has since become a poignant and enduring account of the Holocaust and human resilience.

Top 10 Quotes by Anne Frank

1. “Laziness may appear attractive, but work gives satisfaction.”
— Anne Frank

2. “Whoever is happy will make others happy too.”
— Anne Frank

3. “I don’t think of all the misery but of the beauty that still remains.”
— Anne Frank

4. “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.”
— Anne Frank

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

6. “I see the world being slowly transformed into a wilderness; I hear the approaching thunder that, one day, will destroy us too. 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, that this cruelty too shall end, that peace and tranquility will return once more.”
— Anne Frank

7. “The final forming of a person’s character lies in their own hands.”
— Anne Frank

8. “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!”
— Anne Frank

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

10. “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