Quotes about Martyrdom

Not all of us are called to die a martyr's death, but all of us are called to have the same spirit of self-sacrifice and love to the very end as these martyrs had.

In his play Murder in the Cathedral, T. S. Eliot describes a martyr as one "who has become an instrument of God, who has lost his will in the will of God, not lost it but found it, for he has found freedom in submission to God. The martyr no longer desires anything for himself, not even the glory of

I could be martyred for my religion. Love is my religion and I could die for that. I could die for you.

More Christian blood has been shed by Christians than by heathens and Mohammedans.

A hero is someone who has given his or her life to something bigger than oneself.

The first persecution of the Church took place in the year 67, under Nero, the sixth emperor of Rome.

I have suffered as much as Martin Luther King. Only I didn't get the bullet. And I would have taken the bullet if I could have.

Old Zhou Jin began singing a hymn Quan had heard and reluctantly sung many times since childhood: "One day I'll die for the Lord.

One hundred percent of royalties from Safely Home go to help persecuted Christians and to spread the gospel in their countries.

Wherever it pleases God to put man in this world, the Christian must be ready for martyrdom and death. It is only in this way that man learns faith.

Study men laying down their lives without hurting anyone else in the cause of their country's freedom.

I may be crucified for my beliefs and, if I am, you can say, "He died to make men free.