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.
JOAN OF ARCHow else would God speak to me, if not through my imagination?
More Joan of Arc Quotes
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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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Even though I saw the executioner and the fire, I could not say anything but what I have said.
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… since God commanded me to go, I must do it.
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Courage! Do not fall back.
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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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Four things are laid upon me: to drive out the English; to bring you to be crowned and anointed at Reims; to rescue the Duke of Orléans from the hands of the English; and to raise the siege of Orléans.
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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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Truly, if you were to tear me limb from limb and separate my soul from my body,
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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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In His strength, I will dare and dare and dare until I die.
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Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.
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Since 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,
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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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I place trust in God, my creator, in all things; I love Him with all my heart.
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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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