Sendler Quotes

I was taught by my father that when someone is drowning you don't ask if they can swim, you just jump in and help. ~ Irena Sendler

Heroes do extraordinary things. What I did was not an extraordinary thing. It was normal. ~ Irena Sendler

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

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

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

We all have to ask ourselves, "What would I have done?". I agree with Wladyslaw Bartofszewski, one of the organizers of ZEGOTA, who said, "Only the dead have done enough. ~ Irena Sendler

To save one Jewish child, ten Poles and two Jews had to risk death. To betray that same child and the family that hid him required only one informer or, worse still, one blackmailer. The risk of being caught by the SS was not prison, but death- death for the entire family. ~ Irena Sendler

You see a man drowning, you must try to save him even if you cannot swim. ~ Irena Sendler

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

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

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