Far rather would I sit and sew beside my poor mother, for this thing is not of my condition.
JOAN OF ARCSince 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,
More Joan of Arc Quotes
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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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I did not take this dress or do anything but by the command of Our Lord and of the Angels.
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Always stay near me, for tomorrow I will have much to do and more than I ever had, and tomorrow blood will leave my body above the breast.
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It is true I wished to escape; and so I wish still: is not this lawful for all prisoners?
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You say that you are my judge; I do not know if you are; but take good heed not to judge me ill, because you would put yourself in great peril.
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Watch! When the wind blows my banner against the bulwark, you shall take it.
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It is true that the king has made a truce with the duke of Burgundy for fifteen days and that the duke is to turn over the city of Paris at the end of fifteen days.
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If I am not, may God place me there; if I am, may God so keep me. I should be the saddest in all the world if I knew that I were not in the grace of God. But if I were in a state of sin.
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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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I used to say, “Go boldly in among the English,” and then I used to go boldly in myself.
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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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Courage! Do not fall back; in a little the place will be yours.
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King of England, and you, duke of Bedford, who call yourself regent of the kingdom of France.
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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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About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know they’re just one thing, and we shouldn’t complicate the matter.
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