Martyr Quotes

A martyr's disciples suffer more than the martyr.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Ease off the martyr throttle.

— Jim Butcher

For all have not the gift of martyrdom.

— John Dryden

a self-made martyr is a poor thing.

— Ellen Glasgow

“Why be a saint unless you could also be a martyr?”

— Louise Penny

“Not every clocktick needs a martyr.”

— John Woods

The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the church.

— Tertullian

“There was the stink of burning martyr in the air.”

— Lauren Groff

Dying for an idea,' again, sounds well enough, but why not let the idea die instead of you?

— Wyndham Lewis

The way of the world is, to praise dead saints, and persecute living ones.

— Anonymous

If the heart bleeds love, bare it, If the martyr's crown fits, wear it.

— Roger McGough

It is more difficult, and it calls for higher energies of soul, to live a martyr than to die one.

— Horace Mann

As thou stoneth the martyr, so thou martyreth the stone.

— John Alejandro King

“Any theologian understands martyrdom, but only the martyr experiences the fire.”

— Robertson Davies

“You really need to get over your martyr complex. One of these days it’s going to get you killed.”

— Aimee Carter

MARTYR, One who moves along the line of least reluctance to a desired death.

— Ambrose Bierce

Rhianna flashed Rose a small smile. "Sometimes I have a chip on my shoulder. You know, the woe-is-me-I'm-such-a-martyr complex.

— Christine Feehan

Martyrs are needed to create incidents. Incidents are needed to create revolutions. Revolutions are needed to create progress.

— Chester Himes

The causes that govern the heart appear to be wholly alien to the results achieved. Are the forces that moved a desperate…

— Honore de Balzac

“Marcellus, bishop of Rome, being banished on account of his faith, fell a martyr to the miseries he suffered in exile, 16th…

— John Foxe

We don't know how God chooses martyrs. We do know that they give us the most precious gift they possess - their…

— Cesar Chavez

It is so little true that martyrs offer any support to the truth of a cause that I am inclined to deny…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

I swear to God, I will see [the Palestinian state], whether as a martyr or alive. Please, God, give me the honor…

— Yasser Arafat

The woman from the depths of her rags, a waif, a martyr — smiled. She must have a divine heart to be…

— Henri Barbusse

Sleep sweetly in your humble graves,Sleep, martyrs of a fallen cause;Though yet no marble column cravesThe pilgrim here to pause.Stoop, angels, hither…

— Henry Timrod

Eighty and six years have I served Christ, nor has He ever done me any harm. How, then, could I blaspheme my…

— Polycarp

Many a woman shudders ... atthe terrible eclipse of those intellectual powers which in early life seemed prophetic of usefulness and happiness,…

— Anonymous

He was no martyr. He was no hero But in the last two years, selfishness gave way to selflessness, lies gave way…

— Lex Lasry

The difference between a man who faces death for the sake of an idea and an imitator who goes in search of…

— Soren Kierkegaard

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

Heaven, too, was very near to them in those days. God's direct agency was to be seen in the thunder and the…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

“O God, forgive me - I am a proud, lustful, greedy man. I have loved authority too much. These people are martyrs…

— Graham Greene

As Luxenberg's work has only recently been published we must await its scholarly assessment before we can pass any judgements. But if…

— Ibn Warraq

Behind every terrorist stand dozens of men and women, without whom he could not engage in terrorism. They are all enemy combatants,…

— Ayelet Shaked

“{ The final resolutions at Robert Ingersoll 's funeral, quoted here } Whereas, in the order of nature -- that nature which…

— Herman E. Kittredge

Have you noticed how easily the very young die? They make the best martyrs for any cause, the best soldiers, the best…

— Tana French

“The claim at the heart of this book has been carefully researched by several generations of scholars and is orthodox in academic…

— Dr. Teresa Morgan

Christ was crucified because he would have nothing to do with the crowd (even though he addressed himself to all). He did…

— Soren Kierkegaard

You and I know and do not believe that life is so dear and peace so sweet as to be purchased at…

— Ronald Reagan

“{ On the death of Hale's esteemed friend and fellow scientist, Luther Burbank . Burbank was much beloved by the population unil…

— Wilbur Hale