Everything I have said or done is in the hands of God.
JOAN OF ARCFour things are laid upon me: to drive out the English; to bring you to be crowned and anointed at Reims; to rescue the Duke of Orléans from the hands of the English; and to raise the siege of Orleans.
More Joan of Arc Quotes
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Far rather would I sit and sew beside my poor mother, for this thing is not of my condition.
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I used to say, “Go boldly in among the English,” and then I used to go boldly in myself.
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Watch! When the wind blows my banner against the bulwark, you shall take it.
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Do you think the Voice would come to me? I would that every one could hear the Voice as I hear it.
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I would not say anything more. If I did say anything, afterwards I would always declare that you made me say it by force!
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I answered the voice that I was a poor girl who knew nothing of riding and warfare.
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All battles are first won or lost, in the mind.
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I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I was very much afraid.
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If I said that God did not send me, I should condemn myself; truly God did send me.
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Since God had commanded it, it was necessary that I do it. Since God commanded it, even if I had a hundred fathers and mothers, even if I had been a King’s daughter,
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Alas! that my body, clean and whole, never been corrupted, today must be consumed and burnt to ashes!
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Courage! Do not fall back; in a little the place will be yours.
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Hope in God. If you have good hope and faith in Him, you shall be delivered from your enemies.
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I shall last a year, and but little longer: we must think to do good work in that year.
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Act, and God will act.
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I fear nothing for God is with me!
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Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.
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Truly, if you were to tear me limb from limb and separate my soul from my body,
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… since God commanded me to go, I must do it.
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Four things are laid upon me: to drive out the English; to bring you to be crowned and anointed at Reims; to rescue the Duke of Orléans from the hands of the English; and to raise the siege of Orléans.
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But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.
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[Before being burned at the stake for her faith:] Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames.
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I am not afraid; I was born to do this.
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I die for speaking the language of the angels.
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The angels are as perfect in form as they are in spirit.
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I did not take this dress or do anything but by the command of Our Lord and of the Angels.
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