History Quotes / MartyrdomCulture

->''"Faith, Delta... it lives within us, yet beyond us. [[BlackSheep Daniel Wales]] lacked it; [[BadassPreacher Father Simon Wales does not]]. The [[PathOfInspiration faithful]] do not die in fear, as you did. We achieve ''martyrdom.''"''

->Prayer may cleanse the soul, but pain cleanses the body. Both are necessary for the survival of humanity.

-> Death? What is death? It is the natural state of all things. It is life that is the aberration. It is life that should be feared, for it can go by with our work left undone, it can be wasted away on failure and indolence. Death is to be embraced

-> Every man is a spark in the darkness, by the time he is noticed he is gone forever. A retinal after-image that fades and is obscured by newer, brighter lights.

-> Those who believe that they have done all the Emperor asks deserve not rest, but the pyre. The Emperor tasks us unto death and even that moment shall be in His service.
-->-- '''Saint Drusus - "Meditations on the Forgotten Hero"'''

-> Every man, even the greatest man, is but a ripple in space-time. In an empire of a million worlds, how much can one man truly matter? Only one being is truly essential to its continued existence, hail his name, the Master of Mankind. Serve the Emperor today, for tomorrow you may be dead.

-> We are the Imperium; we are a slave to our past. Our future is bound to things that are lost to memory and legend. This is our strength, our curse and our destiny. Ask me not of the future; ask me instead what fate is written in the deeds of the dead.

-> Death in service to the Emperor is its own reward. Life in failure to Him is its own condemnation.
-->-- '''Uriah Jacobus - "Epistles" (Verse 93)'''

-> It is better to die for the Emperor than live for yourself.

->Back at home a young wife waits.\\

Have him win the Green Beret.'

->It's a good day to die,\\

For TheFederation I will give my life.

-->-- [[BadassCreed Unofficial motto]] of the [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks United States]] UsefulNotes/CoastGuard, originating in the regulations for one of its predecessor organizations, the Life-Saving Service, which said that rough seas are not an acceptable reason not to attempt a rescue in a boat: it has to be physically impossible to launch the boat in order for it to be acceptable not to attempt a rescue.

-->-- The FamousLastWords of Sontaran '''Commander Skorr''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Poison Sky"

-> Prayer may cleanse the soul, but pain cleanses the body. Both are necessary for the survival of humanity.

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-->- The FamousLastWords of Sontaran '''Commander Skorr''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Poison Sky"

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* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LH4-tOqLH94 Ballad of the Green Beret]]'' by Robin Moore and Staff Sgt. Barry Sadler.
-->"Back at home a young wife waits.
-->Her Green Beret has met his fate.
-->He has died for those oppressed,
-->Leaving her this last request:
-->'Put silver wings on my son's chest.
-->Make him one of America's best.
-->He'll be a man they'll test one day.
-->Have him win the Green Beret.'"

* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIsv1YOFNys It's A Good Day To Die]]'' from ''Film/StarshipTroopers 3''.
-->"It's a good day to die,
-->When you know the reasons why.
-->Citizens, we fight for what is right!
-->A [[HeroicSacrifice noble sacrifice]].
-->When [[TheCall duty calls]], you pay the price.
-->For TheFederation I will give my life."

->Gebt euer Leben für das Deutsche Reich![[labelnote:trad.]] "Give your lives for the German Reich!"[[/labelnote]]
->Gebt euer Leben für den [[UsefulNotes/AdolfHitler Führer]]![[labelnote:trad.:]]"Give your lives for the Führer!" [[/labelnote]]
-->--SS Soldiers, VideoGame/CallOfDuty

->Faith, Delta... it lives within us, yet beyond us. [[BlackSheep Daniel Wales]] lacked it; [[BadassPreacher Father Simon Wales does not]]. The [[PathOfInspiration faithful]] do not die in fear, as you did. We achieve ''martyrdom.''
-->--'''Sofia Lamb,''' ''VideoGame/Bioshock2''

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-->--''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hitler_oath Hitler oath]]''

-->--Obituaries for [[UsefulNotes/NazisWithGnarlyWeapons soldiers]] in German newspapers of the Third Reich.

-->--[[BadassCreed Unofficial motto]] of the [[UsefulNotes/YanksWithTanks United States]] UsefulNotes/CoastGuard, originating in the regulations for one of its predecessor organizations, the Life-Saving Service, which said that rough seas are not an acceptable reason not to attempt a rescue in a boat: it has to be physically impossible to launch the boat in order for it to be acceptable not to attempt a rescue.

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->''"Bushido is realised in the presence of death. In the case of having to choose between life and death you should choose death. There is no other reasoning. Move on with determination."''
-->-- '''Tsunetomo Yamamoto''', ''Literature/TheHagakure''

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->''"Wonderful..."''
-->- The FamousLastWords of Sontaran '''Commander Skorr''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "The Poison Sky"

->''"Strange... [cough] I have always dreamed of dying in combat. I am not enjoying it as much as I had hoped."''
-->-- '''Strax''', ''Series/DoctorWho'', "A Good Man Goes to War" (he gets better)

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->''"I live, I die, I live again!"''
-->-- '''The War Boys'''' BattleCry, ''Film/MadMaxFuryRoad''

-> What is the terror of death? That we die, our work incomplete. What is the joy of life? To die, knowing that our task is done.

-> '''Chaplain Ecastus:''' What is the terror of death?
'''Brother Gerhart:''' That we die, our work incomplete.
'''Chaplain Ecastus:''' What is the joy of life?