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 SendlerHeroes do extraordinary things. What I did was not an extraordinary thing. It was normal.
Irena SendlerI was brought up to believe that a person must be rescued when drowning, regardless of religion and nationality. The term โheroโ irritates me greatly โ the opposite is true โ I continue to have pangs of conscience that I did so little.
Irena Sendler