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.
Use itLife/Essay: parents guide, but character is self-made.
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Anne Frank quotes for UPSC
7 sourced quotes by Anne Frank on character & virtue, compassion & empathy, leadership, equality & social justice, media, speech & public opinion, with a use case for each in GS4, Essay and interviews.
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No one has ever become poor by giving. If you act that way, then after a few generations people will no longer have to feel sorry for child beggars, because there will no longer be any!
— Anne Frank"Give!" (26 March 1944)
Use itGS4/Essay on philanthropy; giving never impoverishes and can end child poverty.
We all know that a good example is more effective than advice. So set a good example, and it won't take long for others to follow.
— Anne Frank"Give!" (26 March 1944)
Use itGS4 leadership: lead by example, not advice.
All people are born equal, all people die in the end and keep nothing of their worldly status. All riches, all power and all greatness exist only for so few years, why then is that mortality clung to so strongly?
— Anne Frank"Give!" (26 March 1944)
Use itEssay on equality and impermanence; status and power are fleeting.
People can tell you to keep your mouth shut, but it doesn't stop you having your own opinions. Even if people are still very young, they shouldn't be prevented from saying what they think.
Use itEssay on free speech; silencing voices cannot stop opinions, including the young.
Laziness may look inviting, but only work gives you true satisfaction.
Use itLife: real satisfaction comes from work, not idleness.
Where there's hope, there's life. It fills us with fresh courage and makes us strong again.
— Anne FrankDate?
Use itLife: hope renews courage in tough times.