Parenthood seems really rewarding... like martyrdom, but without the glamour. — Dov Davidoff Copy Share Image
I am as content to die for God's eternal truth on the scaffold as in any other way. — John Mason Brown Copy Share Image
A fondness for martyrdom, especially of the verbal variety, is common to the young. — Barbara Mertz Copy Share Image
Politics, like religion, hold up the torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
“She appeared to adore Thomas's repugnance to her and to draw it out of him every chance she got as if it… — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
Politics is a noble activity. We should revalue it, practise it with vocation and a dedication that requires testimony, martyrdom, that is… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Politicians who are not contemplating early retirement usually find survival more attractive than martyrdom.” — Herman E. Talmadge 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
“A dead martyr can be manipulated by his heirs; a living one is apt to drag his colleagues to the extremes dictated… — John Peter Nettl Copy Share Image
“She lay dying, wrapped in invisible robes of martyrdom, presenting her helplessness and passivity to him like adornments, and his dominant feeling… — Robert Galbraith Copy Share Image
“Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?” — Jules Feiffer Copy Share Image
Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne well those laid on you; it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while… — Saint Francis de Sales Copy Share Image
“God allows the persecution of Christians from time to time in order to grow His garden: to weed out the counterfeits who… — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
It's not - martyrdom is not something that is common in the Western world, but in the Middle East, in the Orient,… — Jonathan Roumie Copy Share Image
“The chopping block was not confined to one era, nor one form or country. There were many types of martyrdoms, spiritual as… — E.A. Bucchianeri Copy Share Image
The future of modern society depends much more on the quiet heroism of the very few who are inspired by God. These… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
In their (women) quest for rights they have naturally placed emphasis on their wrongs rather than their achievements and possessions, and have… — Mary Ritter Beard Copy Share Image
“for when had the true faith been other than persecuted and trampled under foot? If one came to think of it with… — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
“Fanaticism is the death of conversation. We do not gossip with a candidate for martyrdom. What are we to say to someone… — Emil M. Cioran Copy Share Image
Happy are those who have departed through martyrdom. Unhappy am I that I still survive... Taking this decision is more deadly than… — Ruhollah Khomeini Copy Share Image
“The myth of Christian martyrdom and persecution needs to be corrected, because it has left us with a dangerous legacy that poisons… — Candida Moss Copy Share Image
The agony of martyrdom is almost too much to bear. In the early hours, when the loss is fresh, there is no… — David Ebershoff Copy Share Image
Jesus says that every Christian has his own cross waiting for him, a cross destined and appointed by God. Each must endure… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
All the martyrs in the history of the world are not sufficient to establish the correctness of an opinion. Martyrdom, as a… — Robert Green Ingersoll Copy Share Image
Their example testifies that Baptism commits Christians to participating courageously in the spreading of the Kingdom of God, if need be cooperating… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
“Toughness found fertile soil in the hearts of Palestinians, and the grains of resistance embedded themselves in their skin. Endurance evolved as… — Susan Abulhawa Copy Share Image
Apart from it, the incarnation and the ministry would lose all their significance, the crucifixion would be but a martyrdom, and the… — Robert Anderson Copy Share Image
We should be wary what persecution we raise against the living labors of public men, how we spill that seasoned life of… — John Milton Copy Share Image
Martyrdom is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bystanders. — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“We would do our theology better if more was at stake in what we said.” — John Piper Copy Share Image
Martyrdom is the only path to immortality that requires no talent whatsoever. — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
“To live for oneself is a terrifying prospect; there is comfort in martyrdom... p 364” — Melanie Benjamin Copy Share Image
Love makes the whole difference between an execution and a martyrdom. — Evelyn Underhill Copy Share Image
