29 Anne Frank Quotes That Reveal The Power Of Hope
Ava Hall
Updated on March 16, 2026
These heart-rending, life-affirming Anne Frank quotes and photos can teach us all about courage and reveal that hope is always possible.
Of all the books we’re made to read in high school, Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl is perhaps the one high schoolers are least equipped to fully appreciate. While it’s counterintuitive to think that the writings of a teenager wouldn’t resonate most with other teenagers, it’s only as adults that we can truly understand just how profound and wise-beyond-her-years Frank was.
Of course, this makes Frank’s story — and of her betrayal — all the more poignant and devastating: She had the poise and maturity of an adult, yet never actually got to reach adulthood.
Nevertheless, these 29 soul-stirring Anne Frank quotes can teach us all, no matter your age, a few essential things about life.
Above: Anne Frank in 1940.
Wikimedia CommonsAbove: The gravestone of Anne Frank and her sister, Margot at the former site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp near Lohheide, Germany, where the two girls died in 1945.
Alexander Koerner/Getty ImagesAbove: A copy of "The Diary of a Young Girl: Anne Frank" is displayed at the Anne Frank Center in New York City.
Andrew Burton/Getty ImagesAbove: A copy of the Anne Frank diary on display at the Anne Frank Centre in Berlin, Germany.
Wikimedia CommonsAbove: Anne Frank street art by English artist Jimmy C. outside the Anne Frank Centre in Berlin.
Rae Allen/FlickrAbove: Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip view the grave of Anne Frank on June 26, 2015.
Arthur Edwards - WPA Pool/Getty ImagesAbove: Anne Frank statue in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Thomas/FlickrAbove: Anne Frank street art.
Lyndon/FlickrAbove: The memorial plaque at the former site of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.
Alexander Koerner/Getty ImagesAbove: Children gather around the wax figure of Anne Frank in the reconstruction of her hideout at Madame Tussauds in Berlin.
Andreas Rentz/Getty ImagesAbove: A copy of the diary of Anne Frank at the Anne Frank Centre in Berlin.
MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Getty ImagesAbove: People visit the exhibition "Anne Frank - A Story For Today," organized by the Anne Frank Foundation, at the Unified Educational Center (CEU) in São Paulo, Brazil.
NELSON ALMEIDA/AFP/Getty ImagesAbove: A photograph of Otto Frank (right) with his daughters Anne (center) and Margot (left), along with yellow stars worn by Dutch Jews (far right), on display at the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research in New York.
STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty ImagesAbove: Anne Frank's facsimile diaries on display at the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam.
ADE JOHNSON/AFP/Getty ImagesAbove: Anne Frank statue in Amsterdam.
Salon NYC/FlickrAbove: The grave of Anne Frank and her sister Margot.
Sean Gallup/Getty ImagesAbove: The placard outside the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam.
David Berkowitz/FlickrAbove: Anne Frank stencil in Austin, Texas.
Ian McKellar/FlickrAbove: The line at the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam wraps around the block.
Bogdan Migulski/FlickrAbove: Israeli President Shimon Peres visits the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam on September 29, 2013.
Amos Ben Gershom/GPO via Getty ImagesAbove: German President Christian Wulff and his wife Bettina look at a photo of Anne Frank at the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam on March 23, 2011.
Steffen Kugler/Bundesregierung-Pool via Getty ImagesAbove: Visitors look at the picture of Anne Frank in the Amsterdam apartment where she and her family lived for nine years before going into hiding due to the Nazi occupation.
TOUSSAINT KLUITERS/AFP/Getty ImagesAbove: A memorial to all the victims of the Holocaust from Frankfurt, Germany, with Anne Frank's at top center.
Wikimedia CommonsAbove: Photos of Anne Frank at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in Washington, D.C.
TIM SLOAN/AFP/Getty ImagesAbove: Memorial stone outside the house in Aachen, Germany where Anne Frank lived with her grandmother in 1933.
Wikimedia CommonsAbove: Anne Frank statue in Amsterdam.
Wikimedia CommonsAbove: Hanna Pick (right), former friend of Anne Frank, visits the Anne Frank Centre in Berlin.
MICHAEL KAPPELER/AFP/Getty ImagesAbove: Anne Frank statue in Amsterdam.
Thomas/FlickrAfter reading these quotes by Anne Frank, see photos of Anne Frank's life, then check out some more of our best quotes galleries, from interesting quotes that changed the world to 45 of history's most famous and hilarious insults.
