Quotes on Martyrdom

The highest honor that God can confer upon his children is the blood-red crown of martyrdom. The jewels of a Christian are his afflictions. The regalia of the kings that God has made, are their troubles, their sorrows, and their griefs. Griefs exalt us, and troubles lift us.

Although always prepared for martyrdom, I preferred that it should be postponed.

Politics, like religion, hold up the torches of martyrdom to the reformers of error.

No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their hearts tells them is not true.

Do not desire crosses, unless you have borne those already laid upon you well — it is an abuse to long after martyrdom while unable to bear an insult patiently.

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it. Martyrdom is the test.

Be careful how you suggest things to me. For there is in me a madness which goes beyond martyrdom, the madness of an utterly idle man.

The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.

Martyrdom, sir, is what these people like: it is the only way in which a man can become famous without ability.