My grandmother always acted in other people's interests, whether they wanted her to or not. If they'd had an Olympics in martyrdom my grandmother would have lost on purpose.

The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins.

We cherish martyrs not because they died for truth, but because they died for what they believed in and loved

A martyr is someone willing to die for what he believes in. A fanatic is someone willing for you to die for what he believes in.

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

I am a recovering narcissist. I thought narcissism was about self-love till someone told me there is a flip side to it. It is actually drearier than self-love; it is unrequited self-love.