Edith Cavell Quotes

There is nothing more noble than putting yourself in the line of fire to save a life.

If I can save one kid's life, for me, it's absolutely worth it.

I couldn't let him die; I was the agent of life for Stephen.

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.

I see somebody dying, I pick him up.

It was men who stopped slavery. It was men who ran up the stairs in the Twin Towers to rescue people. It was men who gave up their seats on the lifeboats of the Titanic. Men are made to take risks and live passionately on behalf of others.

In the 9/11 Commission Report, one of the things they point out is that firefighters saved just about everybody below the fire. I don't think they realize how proud the fire department is of that. Because, conceivably, that's all they could have done. They could not have gotten above that fire.

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

Many great actions are committed in small struggles.

I once saved someone from drowning.

A hero is someone who, in spite of weakness, doubt or not always knowing the answers, goes ahead and overcomes anyway.

In such misfortunes my Mother was of an heroic spirit, in suffering patiently when there was no remedy, and being industrious where she thought she could help.

Saving a life overrides territories.

I think heroes are the people that go into houses when they're on fire and save people in hospitals.

Heroes may not be braver than anyone else. They're just braver five minutes longer.

The thing about a hero, is even when it doesn't look like there's a light at the end of the tunnel, he's going to keep digging, he's going to keep trying to do right and make up for what's gone before, just because that's who he is.

In terms of people who we call heroes - and I don't tend to like that term, and firefighters don't consider themselves heroes - but if you look at their job description, they are. Their job is to straight up save people.

In many respects Angie saved Zahara's life and there are so many more children whose lives she could save and she talks about that constantly.

When it comes to trying to do good, I will keep going, even when I'm no longer Miss Universe.

I rescue people.

Trophies are good, but saving somebody who could die, giving them hope of a life, that means a lot to me.

But fear no more! I would not take this thing, if it lay by the highway. Not were Minas Tirith falling in ruin and I alone could save her, so, using the weapon of the Dark Lord for her good and my glory. No, I do not wish for such triumphs, Frodo son of Drogo.

The world needs people who save lives.

What makes a heroine? I think I can answer that. A heroine is a woman who risks going too far in order to find out how far one can go for a cause greater than herself.

To stand on the firing parapet and expose yourself to danger; to stand and fight a thousand miles from home when you're all alone and outnumbered and probably beaten; to spit on your hands and lower the pike; to stand fast over the body of Leonidas the King; to be rear guard at Kunu-Ri; to stand and be still to the Birkenhead Drill; these are not rational acts. They are often merely necessary.