Martyrdom: The only way a man can become famous without ability.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Martyrdom is the only way a man can become famous without ability.
There is this power that comes with being famous.
I actually don't know anyone who wants to be famous for fame's sake, at least not anyone I respect. But you need to have a certain amount of power in order to be able to do what you want.
Once you become famous, there is nothing left to become but infamous.
Folly loves the martyrdom of fame.
A hero is a man who does what he can.
Acquiring a repertoire in these days, when the vocal literature is so immense, so overwhelming, that the student with sense will devote all his energies to work and not imagine himself a martyr to art.
I am not one of those people who believe that MLK achieved more in martyrdom than he could have if he'd lived: imagine what a guiding influence he could have on the world were he still among us.
I think being famous is more of a hindrance, a constraint, than just letting yourself be free.
Let us all be brave enough to die the death of a martyr, but let no one lust for martyrdom.