Quotes About Irena Sendler

#1. Irena Sendler never thought of herself as a hero. She only did what she felt she must, and wished she could have done more.

Marcia K. Vaughan

#2. If being a saint is complete devotion to a cause, bravery and altruism, then I think Mrs Sendlerowa fulfils all the conditions.I think about her the way you think about someone you owe your life to.

Irena Sendler

#3. The term 'hero' irritates me greatly.

Irena Sendler

#4. People can be only divided into good or bad; their race, religion, nationality don't matter.

Irena Sendler

#5. Watercolour is not especially difficult, but I must warn you to steer clear of those pretty English watercolourists, so skilful and alas so weak, and so often too truthful.

Camille Pissarro

#6. I hope it's the worst fuck you've ever had, you ruthless, manipulating bastard."
"Pillow talk already?" he replied with a slight grin.

Jeaniene Frost

#7. Not only were we naked, crazed, and starving (and far from our warm little homes); we were without any good books as well.

Karen Elizabeth Gordon

#8. Without your health, everything else means nothing.

Mary J. Blige

#9. Remember to love yourself, because if you can't love yourself, how in the hell are you gonna love somebody else? Can I get an amen in here?

RuPaul

#10. I didn't have any concept of Trainspotting being published. It was a selfish act. I did it for myself.

Irvine Welsh

#11. I was taught that if you see a person drowning, you must jump into the water to save them, whether you can swim or not.

Irena Sendler

#12. Criticisms are like homing pigeons. They always return home.

Dale Carnegie

#13. BONG-BOOP-BOOP-BEEP-BEEP-BOOP-BOOP-BEEP PLAP PLEEP PLWAAAAAAANG SCREEEEWAAAAAA KLEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEESHWAAAANG GLAW CEGLAW SSCHHEHEHHEHEHHHHHHHHHHWHHHHHHHHH

Felicia Day

#14. Over a half-century has passed since the hell of the Holocaust, but its spectre still hangs over the world and doesn't allow us to forget.

Irena Sendler

#15. I hadn't realised what an institution 'Doctor Who' is.

Jessica Raine

#16. Battles are won en route, Shalhassan of Cathal though. A worthy thought: he raised his hand in a certain way, and a moment later Razeil galloped up, uneasy on a horse at speed, and the Supreme Lord of Cathal made him write it down.

Guy Gavriel Kay

#17. The reasons which any man offers to you for his own conduct betray his opinion of your character.

Arthur Helps

#18. I first heard "Heaven Without a Gun" when Kevin [Drew] sent it to me, and there was this kind of beauty about it. I don't live that much in the literal world, so you kind of have to see beyond the veil of what you're being shown sometimes. To me, that's such a beautiful, wonderful sentiment.

Andy Kim

#19. Every child saved with my help and the help of all the wonderful secret messengers, who today are no longer living, is the justification of my existence on this earth, and not a title to glory.

Irena Sendler

#20. The world can be better if there's love, tolerance and humility.

Irena Sendler

#21. Humanity has understood nothing. Religious, tribal, national wars continue. The world continues to be in a sea of blood.

Irena Sendler

#22. The classical example of multiple inheritance conflict is called the 'Nixon Diamond.' It arises from the observation that Nixon was both a Quaker (and hence a pacifist) and a Republican (and hence not a pacifist).

Stuart Russell

#23. Tonight the city is full of morgues, and all the toilets are overflowing. There's shopping malls coming out of the walls, as we walk out among the manure. That's why I pay no mind.

Beck

#24. Heroes do extraordinary things. What I did was not an extraordinary thing. It was normal.

Irena Sendler

#25. In joy or sorrow, feebleness or might,
Peace or commotion, be thou, Father, my delight.

George MacDonald