Far rather would I sit and sew beside my poor mother, for this thing is not of my condition.
JOAN OF ARCI would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God’s will.
More Joan of Arc Quotes
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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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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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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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[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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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 have gone nevertheless.
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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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Even though I saw the executioner and the fire, I could not say anything but what I have said.
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I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God’s will.
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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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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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Courage! Do not fall back; in a little the place will be yours.
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If 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.
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I saw them with my bodily eyes as clearly as I see you. And when they departed, I used to weep and wish they would take me with them.
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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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