Beecher Quote by Harriet Beecher Stowe

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

— Harriet Beecher Stowe

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

— Louise Penny

“Those of us with the courage to open ourselves to that much love and not fear it - who can give joy to a…

— Derek Miller

“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

“Christ died for our sins. Dare we make his martyrdom meaningless by not committing them?”

— Jules Feiffer

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

— Graham Greene

“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

“I am no martyr upon a cross but i would gladly give my life so others more deserving may live”

— Gannicus from Spartacuss

“We live together,we act on, and react to, one another; but always and in all circumstances we are by ourselves. The martyrs go hand…

— Aldous Huxley

“[...]not even dying a martyr's death is classified as extraordinary obedience when you are following a Savior who died on a cross.”

— David Platt

“We all justify our sins, venal or mortal.”

— Sherman Alexie

“And the only thing worse than the silencing of a martyr, a real martyr – someone with dangerous ideas – is silencing someone who…

— Dave Eggers