Decent Quote by Miep Gies Download Open image “I am not a hero. I just did what any decent person would have done.” — Miep Gies ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.5 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Decent Done Hero Persons
Everything I did, I did because I thought it was the correct thing to do… I am not a hero, it is true… But… — Jonathan Safran Foer Copy Share Image
I like to say I'm not a hero. I was lucky enough to lead a very successful war. — Norman Schwarzkopf Copy Share Image
I don't want to be considered a hero… Imagine [if] young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a… — Miep Gies Copy Share Image
It's not easy to be a hero. You do it because of what you believe, not because of what other people deserve. — Patty Jenkins Copy Share Image
I was no hero. The dearest wishes of my heart were for safety and tranquility. The world was a perilous place, wrong for the… — Gail Carson Levine Copy Share Image
“It is often said that Anne symbolizes the six million victims of the Holocaust. I consider this statement wrong. Anne's life and death were… — Miep Gies Copy Share Image
I don't want to be considered a hero… Imagine [if] young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a… — Miep Gies Copy Share Image
Imagine young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a hero to do your human duty. I am afraid… — Miep Gies Copy Share Image
I certainly think that another Holocaust can happen again. It did already occur; think of Cambodia, Rwanda, and Bosnia. — Miep Gies Copy Share Image
Children who use the Internet are much better informed than when I was young. Use this to your advantage. — Miep Gies Copy Share Image
Permanent remorse about failing to do your human duty, in my opinion, can be worse than losing your life. — Miep Gies Copy Share Image
I have never wanted special attention. I was only willing to do what was asked of me and what seemed necessary at the time. — Miep Gies Copy Share Image
People should never think that you have to be a very special person to help those who need you. — Miep Gies Copy Share Image
Be neither too early in the fashion, nor too long out of it, nor too precisely in it; what custom hath civilized is become… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Peace is an ongoing process. It begins with the first step and it does not end. We, all of us alive today, are the… — David Krieger Copy Share Image
As long as I can sing halfway decent, I'd rather sing than act. There's nothing like being in good voice, feeling good, having good… — Howard Keel Copy Share Image
You weren't a decent man and you didn't do your best. We none of us were and none of us did. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Sometimes the challenge of beating the jet lag and getting a decent sleep can be as hard to solve as finding the right setup… — Romain Grosjean Copy Share Image
For it is an absurdity to call a country civilized in which a decent and industrious man, laboriously mastering a trade which is valuble… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
If you listen to the radio for a whole hour there's maybe one decent song. The rest is mass-produced garbage — Haruki Murakami Copy Share Image
Music and the arts feed our souls, but a decent wage puts food on the table. Musicians, fans of music, and grassroots political organizations… — Tom Morello Copy Share Image
The 'key-log' which must be moved to release the evolutionary process for an ethic is simply this: quit thinking about decent land-use as solely… — Land ethic Copy Share Image
The recurrent laryngeal nerve - which runs from the head to the voice box - goes all the way down into the chest, loops… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
Every New Yorker spends a certain amount of nervous energy thinking, "How can I afford to stay here? What do I have to sell… — Sharon Zukin Copy Share Image
It is something that most parents hope for in life: That their children will be moderately successful, polite, decent human beings. Anything on top… — Jerry Kramer Copy Share Image
![“I don't want to be considered a hero… Imagine [if] young people would grow up with the feeling that you have to be a hero to do your human duty. I am afraid nobody would ever help other people, because who is a hero? I was not. I was just an ordinary housewife and secretary.” quote by Miep Gies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9ec/miep-gies-32151_duty_i-don-t-want-to-be-considered-a-hero-ima_207762.jpg)
