Miep Gies Quotes

Imagine 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 like to say I'm not a hero.

I am not a hero.

I'm not a hero.

The good we do to others is spoilt unless we efface ourselves so completely that those we help have no sense of inferiority.

I am not a hero. I just did what any decent person would have done.

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.

Heroes are people who rise to the occasion and slip quietly away.

I don't think that anybody in any war thinks of themselves as a hero. The minute anybody presumes that they are heroes, they get their boots taken away from them and buried in the sand.

If I were the blushing kind, I would blush to be called a hero.

Whenever we have thanked these men and women for what they have done for us, without exception they have expressed gratitude for having the chance to help - because they grew as they served.

Everyone should take their hats off to Neil Armstrong. He is a humble guy who doesn't wave his own flag.

I mean, I'm not going to play the hero of something.

Somebody asked what I wanted on my gravestone. I'm just going to put: 'Glad I Could Help.'

We have to humble ourselves and the way you do that is by serving other people.

You know, I'm not gonna take my money with me to heaven or hell, wherever I'm going. So I want to do something good with it even though my means are very limited. I'm no millionaire!

My dad and mom believed that you do what you have to do in private and don't make a big deal out of it. Just try to help people as much as you can.

I'm not a savior.

True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge to serve others at whatever cost.

We learned about dignity and decency - that how hard you work matters more than how much you make... that helping others means more than just getting ahead yourself.

Heroes represent the best of ourselves, respecting that we are human beings. A hero can be anyone from Gandhi to your classroom teacher, anyone who can show courage when faced with a problem. A hero is someone who is willing to help others in his or her best capacity.

I mean, I'm no superhero.

I don't feel like I'm a hero.

I just play my football, and if I can help people, then I help people.

Sometimes you forget that you are people's hero as well. People do look up to you and I'd forgotten that because, to me, I am just a normal lad.