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Martyr Quotes - Page 2

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

Thomas Stephen Szasz (1997). “The Manufacture of Madness: A Comparative Study of the Inquisition and the Mental Health Movement”, p.169, Syracuse University Press

For me, Christ has always symbolized the true type of the Jewish martyr.

"From Rebel to Rabbi: Reclaiming Jesus and the Making of Modern Jewish Culture" by Matthew B. Hoffman; Stanford University Press, (p. 218), 2007.

A martyr's disciples suffer more than the martyr.

Friedrich Nietzsche, R. J. Hollingdale (1996). “Nietzsche: Human, All Too Human: A Book for Free Spirits”, p.188, Cambridge University Press

Nothing says romance like hobos, martyrs and decapitations.

"The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson", 2005-2014.

Ease off the martyr throttle.

Jim Butcher (2008). “Grave Peril: Book three of The Dresden Files”, p.189, Penguin

We don't know how God chooses martyrs. We do know that they give us the most precious gift they possess - their very lives.

Cesar Chavez's speech at the Indestructible Spirit Conference at La Paz, UFW Headquarters in Keene, California, January 11, 1991.

Martyrs create faith, faith does not create martyrs.

"The Tragic Sense of Life" by Miguel de Unamuno, as translated by J. E. Crawford Flitch, 1921.

martyrs are always uncomfortable people to live with.

Susan Moody (1992). “Mosaic”, G K Hall & Company

When does loyalty become martyrdom?

Robert Charles Wilson (2014). “The Chronoliths”, p.240, Macmillan

Being a martyr is highly overrated.

Patricia Briggs (2002). “Dragon Bones”, p.155, Penguin

Well...you're a martyr and I'm a patron saint-I can't think of anyone better!

Neal Shusterman (2013). “UnWholly”, p.392, Simon and Schuster