Quotes About Martyr

Rizal learned the right ideas at the wrong time, and for this he was shot.

Perhaps there is no happiness in life so perfect as the martyr's.

After further discussion it was settled that he was to have the upper berth, the old man the lower, and the boy the couch. The Reverend Mr. Upton seemed disappointed. He had played the role of martyr so long he resented seeing any one else in the part.

He saved others; himself he cannot save.

How happy we would be if terrorists would adore their ideology less and question more. However, we don't like to apply that to ourselves; we think we're all right and the terrorists are wrong. But a terrorist to you is a martyr to the other side.

The martyr sacrifices herself entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for she makes the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.

El hombre martirizado por sus demonios se venga ciegamente en su prójimo

It requires greater courage to preserve inner freedom, to move on in one's inward journey into new realms, than to stand defiantly for outer freedom. It is often easier to play the martyr, as it is to be rash in battle.

The homosexual is a scapegoat who evokes no sympathy. Hence, he can only be a victim, never a martyr.

In a word, the Lord's Prayer is the greatest martyr on earth (as are the name and Word of God). Everybody tortures and abuses it; few take comfort and joy in its proper use.

It is so little true that martyrs offer any support to the truth of a cause that I am inclined to deny that any martyr has ever had anything to do with the truth at all.

A martyr's disciples suffer more than the martyr.

I saw a martyr in the Wolf Man, who is the very moving essence of outsiderness, with which I identified fully.

As it stands, motherhood is a sort of wilderness through which each woman hacks her way, part martyr, part pioneer; a turn of events from which some women derive feelings of heroism, while others experience a sense of exile from the world they knew.

The tyrant dies and his rule ends, the martyr dies and his rule begins.

No religion, no Ethical philosophy is worth anything, if the teacher has not lived the life of an apostle, and been ready to die the death of a martyr.

You have eternity in which to explain and only one night to be a martyr in the amphitheater Get out, darling, and let me see the lions eat you.

He was a man of absolutes, he had been for as long as she had known him, and time had deepened his character rather than mellowed it. He was wiser, more mature in judgment and temper than in his youth, but in the last analysis his heart would always rule his head. He was the stuff of crusaders, and of martyrs.

And you called me mad, time's martyr, a vagrant Cassandra corrupted by too long a vigil on this earth.

Romero is a prophet, saint, and martyr for our time. His death, like that of Jesus of Nazareth, was the dramatic conclusion of a life lived in fidelity to God that brought him into conflict with the political authorities of his nation.

Seorang manusia telah mati. Tetapi dunia di luar sana terus berputar seperti tidak terjadi apa-apa. Adakah yang lebih gila daripada ini? Inikah yang namanya mati sebagai martir? Kenapa kau diam saja? Lelaki bermata satu itu mati - untukmu. Kau seharusnya tahu. Kenapa keheningan ini terus berlanjut? Keheningan tengah hari. Dengung lalat-lalat - kegilaan ini, peristiwa kejam ini. Tetapi kau memalingkan muka seperti tak peduli.

The vast majority of mankind remain imprisoned in the cave and incapable of grasping the true nature of things. Their best hope is to accept the power of those versed in the true philosophy. Plato darkly concludes: by nature the masses prefer an illusory reality, and so they may turn on the philosopher, making him a martyr to the truth. Thus the masses fear the truth, and their instinct is to cling to the unreal.12

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 for my religion. Love is my religion and I could die for that. I could die for you. My Creed is Love and you are its only tenet.

It is possible to erase and mortify yourself to the point where you actually make more work for the people around you, because they are constantly doing emotional labor to support you. A well-developed martyr complex becomes a means of getting attention without ever having to take the emotional risks of asking for attention. It's a tendency, along with self-pity, that I use my rightminding to control.