It is true I wished to escape; and so I wish still: is not this lawful for all prisoners?
JOAN OF ARCFar rather would I sit and sew beside my poor mother, for this thing is not of my condition.
More Joan of Arc Quotes
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Every man gives his life for what he believes … one life is all we have to live and we live it according to what we believe.
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Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.
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I fear nothing for God is with me!
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I am not afraid; I was born to do this.
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Courage! Do not fall back; in a little the place will be yours.
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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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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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Everything I have said or done is in the hands of God.
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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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Even little children repeat that oftentimes people are hanged for having told the truth.
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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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Courage! Do not fall back.
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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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I did not take this dress or do anything but by the command of Our Lord and of the Angels.
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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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Act, and God will act.
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But I must go, and I must do this thing, because my Lord will have it so. Rather now than tomorrow, and tomorrow than the day after!
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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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In His strength, I will dare and dare and dare until I die.
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Of the love or hatred God has for the English, I know nothing, but I do know that they will all be thrown out of France, except those who die there.
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Yet you should not marvel if I do not enter that city so quickly.
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I commit myself to Him! I certify to you that I would do or say nothing against the Christian faith.
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It is better to be alone with God. His friendship will not fail me, nor His counsel, nor His love.
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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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If I said that God did not send me, I should condemn myself; truly God did send me.
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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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