Top 10 Quotes & Sayings by Irena Sendler

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Polish activist Irena Sendler.

Last updated on November 21, 2024.

Irena Stanisława Sendler, also referred to as Irena Sendlerowa in Poland, nom de guerre Jolanta, was a Polish humanitarian, social worker, and nurse who served in the Polish Underground Resistance during World War II in German-occupied Warsaw. From October 1943 she was head of the children's section of Żegota, the Polish Council to Aid Jews.

Polish - Activist | February 15, 1910 - May 12, 2008

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The term 'hero' irritates me greatly.

Irena Sendler

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

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

After World War II, it seemed that humanity understood something, and nothing like that would happen again. Humanity has understood nothing. Religious, tribal, national wars continue. The world continues to be in a sea of blood. The world can be better if there's love, tolerance and humility.

Irena Sendler

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

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

Irena Sendler

I was brought up to believe that a person must be rescued when drowning, regardless of religion and nationality. The term ‘hero’ irritates me greatly – the opposite is true – I continue to have pangs of conscience that I did so little.

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

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

Irena Sendler

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

Irena Sendler