Top Martyr Quotes

Christians sometimes make themselves into elephants afraid of mice. You have the Creator of the universe on your side; not to mention, you've been given eternal life. 'Whom or what shall you fear?' To...

Some skeptics believe religious people are religious because they fear Hell. It's about as fair as saying skeptics are skeptics because they fear the ridicule of modern society.

Martyr Definition

(n.) One who, by his death, bears witness to the truth of the gospel; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the first Christian martyr.

(n.) Hence, one who sacrifices his life, his station, or what is of great value to him, for the sake of principle, or to sustain a cause.

(v. t.) To put to death for adhering to some belief, esp. Christianity; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.

(v. t.) To persecute; to torment; to torture.

Maybe you who condemn me are in greater fear than I who am condemned.

So the question becomes, If you are ever faced with this choice are you willing to die for what you believe in? For that is the only way you will deny him. [...] It's a difficult question and not one...

What a trajedy to be a martyr for love, yet we worship the characters anyways because they remind us of how we struggled.

The claim at the heart of this book has been carefully researched by several generations of scholars and is orthodox in academic circles, if not beyond. Christians under the Roman Empire were neither...

Is not the true respect and worship of God the exercising of our power in such a way that we are also respected?

I write not for the sake of glory. Not for the sake of fame. Not of the sake of success. But for the sake of my soul.

How like God's love yours has been to me- so wise, so generous, and so unsparing!" exclaimed Pancratius. "Promise me one thing more- that is, that you will stay near to me to the end, and carry my las...

A mighty fortress is our God, and in Him we are safe for time and for eternity. Shall we murmur if we have less of time than we expected? The less of time, the more of heaven. The briefer life, earlie...

The ink of the scholar is more holy than the blood of the martyr.

A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.

Life is about discovering things worth dying for.

If you are willing to kill for your beliefs, you are a murderer; if you are willing to die for your beliefs, you are a martyr.

I've poured my heart out on this page. Now burn it and destroy the evidence that anyone ever cared this much for you.

Why does any martyr cooperate with his judases?We see a game beyond the endgame...As Seneca warned Nero: No matter how many of us you kill, you will never kill your successor.

Why does any martyr cooperate with his judases? We see an end beyond the endgame.

But you have to sacrifice yourself for YOURSELF, too.