Leelee Sobieski Quotes

I'd love to have played Joan of Arc. That would have been amazing.

I'll never have so compelling a figure within my embrace as Joan of Arc; there will never be a book whose last chapter is so very hard to get right.

There really have only ever been a few people in each generation who step out, are willing to put themselves on the line, and risk everything for their beliefs.

He who defends his money is a martyr, and who defends his religion is a martyr, and he who defends his honor is a martyr.

I am certainly not a martyr kind of a person. I love my life. But if one has to, then there is nothing more nobler a cause that I can think of.

There are some things worthy of risking your life for.

i will follow it, though i know so well now the deep wounds i might find. for as long as i believe that i am walking the true road, if i am slain, then i die in the knowledge that for a brief time, at least, i was part of somethin bigger. this road has perils and i will surely die on it,but, i am not afraid to die.

Men are never really willing to die except for the sake of freedom: therefore they do not believe in dying completely.

Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.

As the ancient commander addressed his soldiers before battle, so should the moralist speak to men in the struggle of the era.

Heroism is endurance for one moment more.

Better to have beasts that let themselves be killed than men who run away.

Washington and the elder Napoleon. Both were brave men; both were true men; both loved their country and dared to expose their lives for their country's cause.

We remember the heroes who ran into the burning buildings to rescue those trapped inside, and the dauntless passengers on Flight 93 who laid down their lives to save others, including almost certainly those of us in the U.S. Capitol.

They never fail who die in a great cause.

I say that no man can be greater than the man who bravely and heroically sacrifices his life for the good of others. No man can be greater than the one who meets death face to face, and yet will not shrink from what he believes to be his highest duty.

The treason of which I stand convicted loses all its guilt, has been sanctified as a duty, and will be ennobled as a sacrifice.

A king should die on his feet.

I find it incredibly romantic that people should fight for a cause they believe in and be prepared to die for it.

I'd rather give my life than be afraid to give it.

I'm no hero. Heroes don't come back. Survivors return home. Heroes never come home. If anyone thinks I'm a hero, I'm not.

I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

A martyr can never cooperate with death, go to death in a way that they're not trying to escape.

Where do you find the strength to brave a barrage of enemy fire and to bring your wounded friends to safety at great risk to your own life? Conviction.

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