“Although prepared for martyrdom, I prefer that it be postponed.” — Winston S. Churchill 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
“Death with character has dignity, without it, every breath is burden.” — Abhijit Naskar Copy Share Image
Christianity has made martyrdom sublime, and sorrow triumphant. — Edwin Hubbel Chapin Copy Share Image
Love makes the whole difference between an execution and a martyrdom. — Evelyn Underhill 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
“Because the only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is the amount of press coverage.” — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
I emphasize that I am full of ambition and hope and of full charm of life. But I can renounce all at… — Bhagat Singh Copy Share Image
You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men,… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
Pain is superficial, and therefore fear is. The torments of martyrdoms are probably most keenly felt by the by-standers. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
You can't sustain [anger]. You become bitter. Nothing's going to change. Anger leads to resentment, then to spiking your orange juice, then… — Sherman Alexie Copy Share Image
“I mean who the hell do you think you are, exactly? Saint Roland of the Perpetual Martyrdom?” — Catherine Jinks Copy Share Image
“A true martyr is not an opportunist who dies to get a reward of eternal life. A true martyr is a humanist… — Mouloud Benzadi Copy Share Image
The Europeans and Americans have said the martyrdom operations are why Hamas has been put on the terrorist list. But now these… — Ismail Haniyeh Copy Share Image
The most dangerous of devotions, in my opinion, is the one endemic to Christianity: I was not born to be of this… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
Those who endlessly praise the rank of martyrdom must first attain that rank! No invented rank is superior to the life! You… — Mehmet Murat Ildan Copy Share Image
The author of the Gospel of Judas wasn't against martyrdom, and he didn't ever insult the martyrs. He said it's one thing… — Elaine Pagels Copy Share Image
The Prayer of the sick person is his patience and his acceptance of his sickness for the love of Jesus Christ. Make… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
There are in every generation those who shrink from the ultimate sacrifice, but there are in every generation those who make it… — Patrick Pearse Copy Share Image
Why would the apostles lie?…Liars always lie for selfish reasons. If they lied, what was their motive, what did they get out… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
“Martyrdom, which looked so splendid when consummated selon les regles on Tower Hill or Tyburn, before pitying, or (still better) scoffing multitudes,… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
“In 869 we have an event which rapidly achieved almost mythic status in English Christian folklore: the horrible martyrdom of King Edmund… — Heather O'Donoghue Copy Share Image
“For the church, the many abuses of human life, liberty, and dignity are a heartfelt suffering. The church, entrusted with the earth’s… — Oscar A. Romero Copy Share Image
“Martyrdom will become so pronounced in the years preceding the return of the Lord primarily because of the eschatological intensification of “the… — Dalton Lifsey Copy Share Image
And why does it make you sad to see how everything hangs by such thin and whimsical threads? Because you’re a dreamer,… — Eldridge Cleaver Copy Share Image
We are on strike against martyrdom—and against the moral code that demands it. We are on strike against those who believe that… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“We are at our best when we love the Lord and his church more than our style of life. We do not… — Urban Tigner Holmes Copy Share Image
“The language of martyrdom and persecution is often the language of war. It forces a rupture between “us” and “them” and perpetuates… — James Martin Copy Share Image
Give people pride and they'll live on bread and water, bless their exploiters, and even die for them. Self-surrender is a transaction… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
Although always prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it should be postponed. — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins. — Soren Kierkegaard Copy Share Image
The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bystanders. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young. — Barbara Mertz Copy Share Image
Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
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