Martyrdom Quotes for Whatsapp and Facebook Status
If a man hasn’t discovered something that he will die for, he isn’t fit to live.
Martin Luther King (1929-1968) American civil rights leader
It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) emperor of France
A cause may be inconvenient, but it’s magnificent. It’s like champagne or high shoes, and one must be prepared to suffer for it.
Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) British novelist
What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants. It is its natural manure.
Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826) American president
I don’t mind martyrdom for a policy in which I believe, but I object to being burnt for someone else’s principles.
John Galsworthy (1867-1933) English novelist, dramatist
There have been quite as many martyrs for bad causes as for good ones.
Hendrik Van Loon (1882-1944) American journalist, historian
I am very fond of truth, but not at all of martyrdom.
Voltaire (1694-1778) French philosopher, author
The tyrant dies and his rule is over; the martyr dies and his rule begins.
Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) Danish philosopher
It is well for his peace that the saint goes to his martyrdom. He is spared the sight of the horror of his harvest.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Anglo-Irish author
The torments of martyrdom are probably most keenly felt by the bystanders.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882) American essayist, poet, philosopher
Play the man, Master Ridley; we shall this day light such a candle, by God’s grace, in England, as I trust shall never be put out.
Bishop Hugh Latimer (1485-1555) English churchman, Protestant martyr at his execution pyre
But whether on the scaffold high, Or in the baffle’s van; The fittest place where man can die Is where he dies for man.
Michael J. Barry (18174889) Irish barrister
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
Bible, Psalms
A thing is not necessarily true because a man dies for it.
Oscar Wilde (1854-1900) Anglo-Irish author
