Everyone hates a martyr; it's no wonder martyrs were burned at the stake. — E. W. Howe Copy Share Image
I didn't want to be either the cre`me de la cre`me or a martyr. I'd rather be a novelty, especially in a… — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
“I actually believed that after living as fully as humanly possible, one should then die violently. I expected then as I still… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
Ascetics and fakirs come to mitigate human suffering; to heal us and lead us on the path. They put up with criticism;… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
My own dear mother was a martyr indeed, and it is not to everybody that God grants so easy a way to… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Those of us who read carried around with us like martyrs a secret knowledge, a secret joy, and a secret hope: There… — Annie Dillard Copy Share Image
Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes. — Elbert Hubbard Copy Share Image
The heart is commonly reached, not through the reason, but through the imagination, by means of direct impressions, by the testimony of… — John Henry Newman Copy Share Image
Adolf Hitler was a Jeanne d'Arc, a saint. He was a martyr. Like many martyrs, he held extreme views. — Ezra Pound Copy Share Image
Sometimes we esteem others more important than ourselves. We always become the martyr. It is wonderful to be self-sacrificing, but watch out… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The nation, like the church, has its visible symbols and insignia, its parchments engrossed with the revealed word, its dogmas, hymns, liturgy,… — Michael Parenti Copy Share Image
[W]hen the martyr's righteous forebrain is exploded by the executioner's bullet and his mind disintegrates, what then? Can we safely assume that… — E. O. Wilson Copy Share Image
You think I should be as forgiving as you are? We can’t all be saints and martyrs. — Stephenie Meyer Copy Share Image
I believe Michael [Jackson] in a sense is an American martyr. Martyrs are persecuted and Michael was persecuted. Michael was innocent and… — David LaChapelle Copy Share Image
No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church. (Terullian) When she ceases to bleed, she ceases to bless. She… — L. E. Maxwell Copy Share Image
I nursed men back to sanity who were driven to despair. I solicited clothes for the ragged children, for the desperate mothers.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
We don't know how God chooses martyrs. We do know that they give us the most precious gift they possess - their… — Cesar Chavez Copy Share Image
Exactly. You can shoulder all the blame and become a martyr. Provided anyone knows what or who you're martyring for. Or you… — Maria V. Snyder Copy Share Image
The Prelude to Tristan and Isolde reminds me of the old Italian painting of a martyr whose intestines are slowly unwound from… — Eduard Hanslick Copy Share Image
A vision is something worth living for, and it is something worth dying for. In fact, if it is not worth dying… — Phil Pringle Copy Share Image
We shall remember Gaddafi our whole lives as a great fighter, a revolutionary and a martyr. — Hugo Chavez Copy Share Image
“The world at large is not easily moved to action; it requires many terrible martyrdoms to disturb its equilibrium of dullness; and… — Francisco Ferrer Guardia Copy Share Image
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