90 Quotes About Martyrdom

Stand fast in the faith, and love one another, all of you, and be not offended at my sufferings. (Last words of Saint Perpetua, as testified to by the eyewitness to her martyrdom, as preserved by Tertullian in The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity.)

Neither can I call myself anything else than what I am, a Christian.(Saint Perpetua, as preserved by Tertullian in The Passion of Saints Perpetua and Felicity.)

For it is the property of those who expect to obtain mercy by prayer and sacrifices, to cease from and repent of their sins.

And those of us who are not directly caught up in any persecution for our Christian faith must pray for those who suffer such onslaughts. But even more importantly, we must pray for those who persecute us or our fellow Christians. It is what Jesus Christ calls us to do. And, as Saint Perpetua reported hearing during her last vision, "Do not be afraid, I am here with you, and I am laboring with you.

Martyrdoms would rarely lead to conversions because they were themselves relatively rare.The vast majority of pagans—including the millions who eventually converted—never saw a martyrdom, as recent scholarship has shown.As the most prolific and one of the best-traveled authors of the first three Christian centuries, Origen of Alexandria, stated in no uncertain terms: “Only a small number of people, easily counted, have died for the Christian religion.

Can you die for a false idea? Yes. The reason you die is that you believe it’s not a false idea

Her suffering was her armour. Gradually it became her skin. Then she could not take it off.

The problem with martyrs is that they’re all dead. What do they have to do with us that are simple enough to still be alive? Should we just give up and want to die because death is better than dishonor? But suicide is a sin too so we really are damned if we do and damned if we don't.

With no doubt Al Hussain was one of the greatest rebels, for correcting the path of rulers who deviated from the right path. He, by his stance honorably acquired martyrdom martyrdom that free people wish to acquire.