Quote by Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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

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

— Graham Greene

“Sacrifices will make you a martyr, victories will make you a hero.”

— Amit Kalantri

“We must all make the mental leap from the pious histories we have read in the martyrologies to the reality of living flesh and…

— Michael D. O'Brien

“One can see, you know, very easily, how others ought to be martyrs.”

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

“How do you tell a scribe from a prophet . . .? The prophets love the people they chastise.”

— Anonymous

“Martyrs, you see, are like bees. Their only power comes in death. How many of you would sacrifice yourself not to kill, but merely…

— Pierce Brown

“If you are willing to kill for your beliefs, you are a murderer; if you are willing to die for your beliefs, you are…

— Matshona Dhliwayo

“A prophet has no honor in his own country..”

— Jesus of Nazareth

“A man may indeed be an honest man; but the folly of sacrifice, of virginity, of devotedness, of martyrdom, arises only from faith in…

— Emile Bougaud

“Martyrdom is at the heart of all religion.”

— Dan Brown

“Obedience, forgiveness, and devotion are in the blood of every victim.”

— M.F. Moonzajer