Any theologian understands martyrdom, but only the martyr…

When Jesus Christ shed his blood on the cross, it was not the blood of a martyr; or the blood of one man for…

— Oswald Chambers

The oppressed martyrs of our culture have shed blood that nourish the red tulips of our nation.

— Mahmud Tarzi

Strange, (is it not?) that battles, martyrs, blood, even assassination should so condense - perhaps only really lastingly condense - a Nationality.

— Walt Whitman

Martyrdom has always been a proof of the intensity, never of the correctness of a belief.

— Arthur Schnitzler

What can my enemies do to me? My paradise is in my heart, it is with me wherever I go. To imprison me is…

— Ibn Taymiyyah

It is not a process of bargaining or give-and-take. The peace process is not about giving concessions. We will not allow any step which…

— Recep Tayyip Erdogan

Acquiring a repertoire in these days, when the vocal literature is so immense, so overwhelming, that the student with sense will devote all his…

— Alma Gluck

“The first that dies is a martyr, and dies for his religion; and of such it may more truly be said than of soldiers…

— Matthew Henry

Martyrs do not underrate the body, they allow it to be elevated on the cross. In this they are at one with their antagonists.

— Franz Kafka

All of us have a secret desire to be seen as saints, heroes, martyrs. We are afraid to be children, to be ourselves.

— Jean Vanier

Russian people, like their Chinese comrades, are well aware of what is going on. And there are tens of millions of their martyrs who…

— Andre Vltchek

For me getting paid for art is a class issue. I don't have the luxury not to care. It's great if your parents buy…

— Nicole Georges

I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for their religion - I have shudder'd at it. I shudder no more. I could…

— John Keats

The king has been very good to me. He promoted me from a simple maid to be a marchioness. Then he raised me to…

— Anne Boleyn

In the long, fierce struggle for freedom of opinion, the press, like the Church, counted its martyrs by thousands.

— James A. Garfield