It is true I wished to escape; and so I wish still: is not this lawful for all prisoners?
JOAN OF ARCIf I be not in a state of grace, I pray God place me in it; if I be in it, I pray God keep me so.
More Joan of Arc Quotes
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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 used to say, “Go boldly in among the English,” and then I used to go boldly in myself.
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As for other avocations of women, there are plenty of other women to perform them.
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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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All battles are first won or lost, in the mind.
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I place trust in God, my creator, in all things; I love Him with all my heart.
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The Maid and her soldiers will have the victory. Therefore the Maid is willing that you, Duke of Bedford, should not destroy yourself.
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[Responding to trick query about whether she believed herself in a state of grace:] If I am not, may it please God to bring me into it; if I am, may He preserve me in it.
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Settle your debt to the king of Heaven; return to the Maiden, who is envoy of the king of Heaven, the keys to all the good towns you took and violated in France.
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In God’s name let us go on bravely.
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… since God commanded me to go, I must do it.
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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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Even though I saw the executioner and the fire, I could not say anything but what I have said.
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Everything I have said or done is in the hands of God.
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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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