Martyr Quotes

233 Martyr quotes by 190 unique authors

Jesus did not come to live as an example of how to die as a martyr, but as a substitute, taking the place that we… — Alistair Begg
The agony of martyrdom is almost too much to bear. In the early hours, when the loss is fresh, there is no comfort in knowing… — David Ebershoff
If you outlaw half a million people you make martyrs of them. For example, if you outlaw Robin Hood, it is all very well, but… — Baldur von Schirach
History is changed by martyrs who tell the truth. — Miguel Syjuco
The faithful are ever sustained by the presence of the Supreme Concourse. In the Supreme Concourse are Jesus, and Moses, and Elijah, and Bahá’u’lláh, and… — Abdu'l-BahÃ¡
A vision is something worth living for, and it is something worth dying for. In fact, if it is not worth dying for, it is… — Phil Pringle
We must all have the spirit of martyrdom, though we may not all die martyrs. — George Whitefield
The world would use us just as it did the martyrs, if we loved God as they did. — Thomas F. Wilson
Celibacy and suicide are a similar levels of understanding, suicide and a martyr's death not so by any means, perhaps marriage and a martyr's death. — Franz Kafka
To love means being 100 percent responsible for your experience of living, to not be a victim or a martyr, and to be 100 percent… — Harold H. Bloomfield
As Luxenberg's work has only recently been published we must await its scholarly assessment before we can pass any judgements. But if his analysis is… — Ibn Warraq
If we make sacrifices in doing good or in doing ill, it does not alter the ultimate value of our actions; even if we stake… — Friedrich Nietzsche
The heart is commonly reached, not through the reason, but through the imagination, by means of direct impressions, by the testimony of facts and events,… — John Henry Newman
The martyrs shook the powers of darkness with the irresistible power of weakness. — John Milton
A martyr is the one who bears witness that the Shari'ah of Allah is more valuable to him than his own life. — Sayyid Qutb
... we commemorate each of the saints with hymns and appropriate songs of praise, how much more should we celebrate the memory of Peter and… — Gregory Palamas
When you are in the temple, remember that you are in the living presence of the Lord God, that you stand before His face, before… — John of Kronstadt
Christ was crucified because he would have nothing to do with the crowd (even though he addressed himself to all). He did not want to… — Soren Kierkegaard
"Gospel preachers nowadays preach the gospel of the Crucifixion, the Apostles preached the gospel of the Resurrection as well. The Crucifixion loses its meaning without… — Reuben Archer Torrey
We must acknowledge that for scores of years the Iraqis have offered martyrs and victims but have not been able to change the regime. — Jalal Talabani
If it will be an intolerable thing to suffer the heat of fire for a year or a day, or an hour, what will it… — Richard Baxter
I will gladly go to jail in the name of free speech. I have no problem with what I said. Make me a martyr... — Joey Barton
We will make the lives of the infidels hell - millions of martyrs marching on Jerusalem. — Yasser Arafat
For to articulate sweet sounds together Is to work harder than all these, and yet Be thought an idler by the noisy set Of bankers,… — William Butler Yeats
The Martyr finds her way to self-knowledge through pain, suffering, and surrender. — Paulo Coelho

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