Martyrs Quotes

122 Martyrs quotes by 103 unique authors

The unsuccessful strugglers against tyranny have been the chief martyrs of treason laws in all countries. — Thomas Jefferson
When we read, we fancy we could be martyrs; when we come to act, we cannot bear a provoking word. — Hannah More
Persecution has come upon us, right honorable brethren, and persecution in the severest form. Shepherds are persecuted that their flocks may be scattered. And the… — Saint Basil
Prison, blood, death, create enthusiasts and martyrs, and bring forth courage and desperate resolution. — Napoleon Bonaparte
All the martyrs in the history of the world are not sufficient to establish the correctness of an opinion. Martyrdom, as a rule, establishes the… — Robert Green Ingersoll
What I do know is that Charlie Hebdo cartoonists have been converted into the closest thing the West has to religious-like martyrs in the war… — Glenn Greenwald
Others -- as most legislators, politicians, lawyers, ministers, and office-holders -- serve the state chiefly with their heads; and, as they rarely make any moral… — Henry David Thoreau
Ideas grow quickly when watered with the blood of martyrs. — Giuseppe Mazzini
You and I know and do not believe that life is so dear and peace so sweet as to be purchased at the price of… — Ronald Reagan
If I seem happy to you . . . You could never say anything that would please me more. For men are made for happiness,… — Fyodor Dostoevsky
Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seamed with scars; martyrs have put on their coronation robes glittering with… — Bill Vaughan
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 from the skies!There… — Henry Timrod
Men do not accept their prophets and slay them, but they love their martyrs and worship those whom they have tortured to death. — Fyodor Dostoevsky
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
I am telling you before anything, that the blood of the martyrs and the injured will not go in vain. And I would like to… — Hosni Mubarak
Days will prove that the assassination policy will not finish the Hamas. Hamas leaders wish to be martyrs and are not scared of death. Jihad… — Ahmed Yassin
[Cannery Row's] inhabitants are, as the man once said, 'whores, pimps, gamblers, and sons of bitches,' by which he meant everybody. Had the man looked… — John Steinbeck
I have been astonished that men could die martyrs for their religion-- I have shuddered at it, I shudder no more. I could be martyred… — John Keats
Women should be respected as well! Generally speaking, men are held in great esteem in all parts of the world, so why shouldn't women have… — Anne Frank
A pastor friend of mine said, "Our problem is that we no longer have martyrs. We only have celebrities. — Shane Claiborne
Saints and martyrs had never interested Maggie so much as sages and poets. — George Eliot
Ah cher ami, how poor in invention men are! They are They always think one commits suicide for a reason. But it's quite possible to… — Albert Camus
I cannot exist without you - I am forgetful of every thing but seeing you again - my Life seems to stop there - I… — John Keats
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
You think I should be as forgiving as you are? We can’t all be saints and martyrs. — Stephenie Meyer

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