I am not afraid; I was born to do this.
JOAN OF ARC… since God commanded me to go, I must do it.
More Joan of Arc Quotes
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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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I was admonished ot adopt feminine clothes; I refused, and still refuse.
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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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Far rather would I sit and sew beside my poor mother, for this thing is not of my condition.
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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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If ever I do escape, no one shall reproach me with having broken or violated my faith, not having given my word to any one, whosoever it may be.
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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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I did not take this dress or do anything but by the command of Our Lord and of the Angels.
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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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Hope in God. If you have good hope and faith in Him, you shall be delivered from your enemies.
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What concerns this dress is a small thing – less than nothing. I did not take it by the advice of any man in the world.
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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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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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Everything I have said or done is in the hands of God.
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Courage! Do not fall back; in a little the place will be yours.
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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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Men are sometimes hanged for telling the truth.
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All battles are first won or lost, in the mind.
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How else would God speak to me, if not through my imagination?
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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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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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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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I place trust in God, my creator, in all things; I love Him with all my heart.
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I fear nothing for God is with me!
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Go forward bravely. Fear nothing. Trust in God; all will be well.
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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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