Top 6 Edith Cavell Quotes

Patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.

They have all been very kind to me here. But this I would say, standing as I do in view of God and eternity, I realise that patriotism is not enough. I must have no hatred or bitterness towards anyone.

I thank God for this ten weeks' quiet before the end... Life has always been hurried and full of difficulty... This time of rest has been a great mercy.

I have no fear nor shrinking; I have seen death so often that it is not strange or fearful to me.

Someday, somehow, I am going to do something useful, something for people. They are, most of them, so helpless, so hurt and so unhappy.

I can’t stop while there are lives to be saved.