Quotes about Martyrdom

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The claim at the heart of this book has been carefully researched by several generations of scholars and is orthodox in — Teresa Morgan
If we seek spiritual heroism ourselves, the old ego is just back in control under a new name. There would not really be — Richard Rohr, Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life
Can you die for a false idea? Yes. The reason you die is that you believe it’s not a false idea — Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity
Along with our over-giving is our own conditional giving pattern, which can fuel so much of our resentment and feelings — Mary Crocker Cook, Awakening Hope. A Developmental, Behavioral, Biological Approach to Codependency Treatment.
What is the return on investment of being wedded to your suffering? What do you receive from stewing in victim conscious — Lisa Cypers Kamen, Are We Happy Yet?: Eight Keys to Unlocking a Joyful Life
The only difference between a suicide and a martyrdom really is the amount of press coverage. — Chuck Palahniuk, Survivor
Islam is not unusual in having a tradition of martyrs. What is unique to Islam is the tradition of murderous martyrdom, — Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now
Without love everything can be nothing. Does that make me want to love? No. For me, Ignorance is still better than marty — Ira N. Barin
Some men are sent to heaven by torturers who thought they were doing god's work by sending them to hell — Bangambiki Habyarimana, Pearls Of Eternity
What if you had seen haven open as Stephen did, and all the saints there triumphing in glory, and enjoying the end of th — Richard Baxter, The Saints' Everlasting Rest
Often the contempt of vainglory becomes a source of even more vainglory, for it is not being scorned when the contempt i — Augustine of Hippo, Confessions
We will martyr ourselves, suffering under the weight of a non-reciprocal relationship until some part of us bursts in pr — Mary Crocker Cook, Awakening Hope. a Developmental, Behavioral, Biological Approach to Codependency Treatment.
A heroic, losing battle! I'm tired of brave men who die. There's nothing pretty about losing. — Warren Eyster, The Goblins of Eros
We would do our theology better if more was at stake in what we said. — John Piper, John Calvin: And His Passion for the Majesty of God
They call me a tyrant . . . One arrives at a tyrant's throne by the help of scoundrels . . . What faction do I belong to — Maximilien de Robespierre, Robespierre
I am not going to leave this land, I will die as a martyr at the end … I shall remain, defiant. Muammar is leader of the — Muammar Gaddafi
The problem with martyrs is that they’re all dead. What do they have to do with us that are simple enough to still be al — Rosamund Hodge, Crimson Bound
With no doubt Al Hussain was one of the greatest rebels, for correcting the path of rulers who deviated from the right p — Leo Tolstoy
...in a brutal country like ours where human life is cheap, it's stupid to destroy yourself for the sake of your beliefs — Orhan Pamuk, Snow
A martyrdom is always the design of God, for His love of men, to warn them and to lead them, to bring them back to His w — T.S. Eliot, Murder in the Cathedral