Anne Frank Quotes About Character
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Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness. People are just people, and all people have faults and shortcomings, but all of us are born with a basic goodness.
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I want friends, not admirers. People who respect me for my character and my deeds, not my flattering smile. The circle around me would be much smaller, but what does that matter, as long as they're sincere?
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Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.
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Human greatness does not lie in wealth or power, but in character and goodness.
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Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction. Ultimately people shape their own characters.
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Anyhow, I've learned one thing now. You only really get to know people when you've had a jolly good row with them. Then and then only can you judge their true characters!
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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.
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The only way to truly know a person is to argue with them. For when they argue in full swing, then they reveal their true character.
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I can't imagine how anyone can say: "I'm weak," and then remain so. After all, if you know it, why not fight against it, why not try to train your character? The answer was: "Because it's so much easier not to!
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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.
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