Franz Kafka Quotes

Saviours get crucified.

May nothing entice me till I happily make my way to Jesus Christ! Fire, cross, struggles with wild beasts, wrenching of bones, mangling of limbs - let them come to me, provided only I make my way to Jesus Christ.

To endure the cross is not tragedy; it is the suffering which is the fruit of an exclusive allegiance to Jesus Christ.

It is truer to say that martyrs create faith more than faith creates martyrs.

Rather than allow themselves to be separated from the love of Christ, they submitted cheerfully to every privation, to contumely and disgrace, and to death itself.

I am one of the crucified dead.

Now I begin to be a disciple... Let fire and cross, flocks of beasts, broken bones, dismemberment... come upon me, so long as I attain to Jesus Christ.

The people who have really made history are the martyrs.

I wish to be a martyr, and I don't fear death.

Martyrdom covers a multitude of sins.

Every time that I think of the crucifixion of Christ, I commit the sin of envy.

Brown’s execution will make the gallows as glorious as the cross.

We prefer death, martyrdom, and the graveyards of martyrs than to enjoy the guarantees and protection of America

Martyrs win by losing.

I wish to be a martyr ... God willing, I will have this through you.

The youth movement here must aspire to a martyrdom death…. The young must be first at the front line - don’t hide at the back. You must be at the front, die as martyrs and all your sins will be forgiven. This is how to achieve forgiveness.

There has been no persecution I have not tasted, no oppression I have not suffered. I neither care for Paradise nor fear Hell. If I see my nation's belief secured, I will not even care about burning in Hell, for while my body is burning, my heart will be as if in a rose garden.

Give me your crown, Jesus. Give me your cross, your thorns, so that I may bleed. But give me life, because I have more to do for this country and these people.

By its birth, and for all time, Christianity is pledged to the Cross and dominated by the sign of the Cross. It cannot remain its own self except by identifying itself ever more intensely with the essence of the Cross.

For all have not the gift of martyrdom.

Jesus Christ was the most perfect being to ever walk this planet and he was persecuted and nailed to the cross … so please don’t be surprised when we get a little static.

We must do something about the cross, and there’s only one of two things we can do- flee it or die upon it!

If we can trust the sufferings of Christ for our sake then we can trust Christ when we suffer for His sake.

A martyr's disciples suffer more than the martyr.

We must all have the spirit of martyrdom, though we may not all die martyrs.