Anne Frank on despair
Anne Frank103 quotes“I have often been downcast, but never in despair.”
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Those who have courage and faith shall never perish in misery.
Anne FrankAnne Frank I love you, with a love so great that it simply couldn’t keep growing inside my heart, but had to leap out and reveal itself in all its magnitude.
Anne FrankAnne Frank Whoever is happy will make others happy.
Anne FrankAnne Frank 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 FrankAnne Frank Don’t be too assuming, it doesn’t get you anywhere.
Anne FrankAnne Frank Misfortunes never come singly.
Anne FrankAnne Frank Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy.
Anne FrankAnne Frank I don’t think of all the misery, but of the beauty that still remains.
Anne FrankAnne Frank People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but that doesn’t stop you from having your own opinion.
Anne FrankAnne Frank I feel more of a person than a child, I feel quite indepedent of anyone.
Anne FrankAnne Frank People can so easily be tempted by slackness and by money.
Anne FrankAnne Frank I know what I want, I have a goal, an opinion, I have a religion and love. Let me be myself and then I am satisfied. I know that I’m a woman, a woman with inward strength and plenty of courage.
Anne FrankAnne Frank Ordinary people simply don’t know what books mean to us, shut up here. Reading, learning, and the radio are our amusements.
Anne FrankAnne Frank Look at how a single candle can both defy and define the darkness.
Anne FrankAnne Frank Where there’s hope, there’s life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.
Anne FrankAnne Frank You can always give something, even if it is only kindness.
Anne FrankAnne Frank
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I must choose between despair and Energy – I choose the latter.
John KeatsJohn Keats The entire world shall be populous with that action which saves one soul from despair.
Omar KhayyamOmar Khayyam I must lose myself in action, lest I wither in despair.
Alfred Lord TennysonAlfred Lord Tennyson My trust in you is broken and I am plunged into despair for the animals.
Brigitte BardotBrigitte Bardot God does not send us despair in order to kill us; he sends it in order to awaken us to new life.
Hermann HesseHermann Hesse Only after you have fallen to the pits of despair, can you fly to the horizon of hope.
Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola Do not despair. The storm shall pass and the sun shall rise once more.
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