Miep Gies Quotes & Sayings

Permanent remorse about failing to do your human duty, in my opinion, can be worse than losing your life. — Miep Gies

I certainly think that another Holocaust can happen again. It did already occur; think of Cambodia, Rwanda, and Bosnia. — Miep Gies

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. — Miep Gies

Too often, when people are in trouble they look for scapegoats. — Miep Gies

People should never think that you have to be a very special person to help those who need you. — Miep Gies

But even an ordinary secretary or a housewife or a teenager can, within their own small ways, turn on a small light in a dark room. — Miep Gies

You are the heroes. You are the heroes everyday. — Miep Gies

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

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? — Miep Gies

We did our duty as human beings: helping people in need. — Miep Gies

I myself am just an ordinary woman. I simply had no choice. — Miep Gies

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

Children who use the Internet are much better informed than when I was young. Use this to your advantage. — Miep Gies

Real strength is being able to carry on when times are hard, — Miep Gies