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 existe…

- Irena Sendler

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

- Irena Sendler

After World War II, it seemed that humanity understood something, and nothing like that would happen again. Humanity has understood nothing. Re…

- 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…

- Irena Sendler

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

- Irena Sendler

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

- 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

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