sacrifice for beliefs Quotes

I'm a Mormon, but I share your faith in the atonement of the savior, Jesus Christ. In my faith, we have a guy who gave his life for what he believed in. You don't have to believe it; I'm not asking you to. I'm asking you, "What is it that you believe? Are you willing to give your life?"

Power makes gods. Virtue makes martyrs.

I've seen of enough of people who die for an idea. I don't believe in heroism; I know it's easy and I've learned it can be murderous. What interests me is living and dying for what one loves.

However different the holy causes people die for, they perhaps die basically for the same thing.

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

The difference between a man who faces death for the sake of an idea and an imitator who goes in search of martyrdom is that whilst the former expresses his idea most fully in death it is the strange feeling of bitterness which comes from failure that the latter really enjoys; the former rejoices in his victory, the latter in his suffering.

And indeed, no man has found his religion until he has found that for which he must sell his goods and his life.

A pastor friend of mine said, "Our problem is that we no longer have martyrs. We only have celebrities.

You have no sense of what war is like. You have no idea what it means to see those you love fall. You cannot possibly understand what it is to fight for what you believe, and how sometimes you have to fight with words and dreams after all the weapons have been put away. You serve a cold god, surviving on his power for thousands of years without ever living!

Are you willing to die for what you believe in? The real courage is in living and suffering for what you believe.