I am no martyr upon cross, but I would gladly give my life so that those more deserving may live. — Gannicus Copy Share Image
Far from diminishing the appetite for power, suffering exasperates it. — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
We must all have the spirit of martyrdom, though we may not all die martyrs. — George Whitefield Copy Share Image
To die in agony upon a cross Does not create a martyr; he must first Will his own execution. — Henrik Ibsen Copy Share Image
Prison, blood, death, create enthusiasts and martyrs, and bring forth courage and desperate resolution. — Napoleon Bonaparte Copy Share Image
Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
It's good to be a martyr for your art, but it's just such a waste of time. — Ian Harding Copy Share Image
We should have but one desire today - the desire to die so that India may live - the desire to face… — Subhas Chandra Bose Copy Share Image
“إنتفض بين ضلوعي كالثوار فأنا أحبك حتى الشهادة Tremble within my ribs as a revolutionist I love you until you become a martyr.” — Amany Al-Hallaq Copy Share Image
“Whoever wishes to rise above the common level must be prepared for a great struggle and recoil before no obstacle. A great… — Honoré de Balzac Copy Share Image
When Jesus Christ shed his blood on the cross, it was not the blood of a martyr; or the blood of one… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
“If religion had never existed, what then, would people have killed for in the name of religion? What would a martyr have… — Cole Edward Willis Copy Share Image
Acquiring a repertoire in these days, when the vocal literature is so immense, so overwhelming, that the student with sense will devote… — Alma Gluck Copy Share Image
“I know why you do what you do, and I get it. But from one ex-martyr to a current martyr...get over your… — Samantha Young Copy Share Image
The protestant martyrs and their monuments testify to the fact that they died, not on account of ecclesial differences, but because the… — Alistair Begg Copy Share Image
Pontus, instituted among all people, as an addition or corollary of devotion towards God, that festival days and assemblies should be celebrated… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
“Dreamers like your wife are limited, little Helldiver.” She makes sure I don’t speak. “Understand that. The only power they have is… — Pierce Brown Copy Share Image
No human beings more dangerous than those who have suffered for a belief: the great persecutors are recruited from the martyrs not… — Emile M. Cioran Copy Share Image
The Law waits for you to stumble on a mode of being, a soul different from the FDA-approved purple-stamped standard dead meat… — Hakim Bey Copy Share Image
“So the question becomes, If you are ever faced with this choice are you willing to die for what you believe in?… — Christopher Paolini Copy Share Image
I had a martyr complex as a child. I longed to attend the parties my classmates gave. But I was a minister's… — Agnes Moorehead Copy Share Image
I feel that it's very important for young people to have a sense of history and do research and don't re-invent the… — Ana Castillo Copy Share Image
“The most critical need of the Church at this moment is men, bold men, free men. The church must seek, in prayer… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“No one has to be a martyr. On the contrary, everyone should be entirely selfish; not selfish in the normal sense of… — Donna Goddard Copy Share Image
Most codes extend their definitions of treason to acts not really against one's country. They do not distinguish between acts against the… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“The first time I heard you laugh, I only wanted to say funny things so you would always be laughing. You know… — Kamand Kojouri Copy Share Image
It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
When you are in the temple, remember that you are in the living presence of the Lord God, that you stand before… — John of Kronstadt Copy Share Image
I cannot exist without you. I am forgetful of everything but seeing you again. My life seems to stop there, I see… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The ego is often deeply involved in the desire to help others. If you do not want your ego to be involved… — Leonard Jacobson Copy Share Image
Gospel preachers nowadays preach the gospel of the Crucifixion, the Apostles preached the gospel of the Resurrection as well. The Crucifixion loses… — R. A. Torrey Copy Share Image
The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
If the heart bleeds love, bare it, If the martyr's crown fits, wear it. — Roger McGough Copy Share Image
It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one. — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
“Any theologian understands martyrdom, but only the martyr experiences the fire.” — Robertson Davies Copy Share Image
Dying for an idea,' again, sounds well enough, but why not let the idea die instead of you? — Wyndham Lewis Copy Share Image
MARTYR, One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image