It is true I wished to escape; and so I wish still: is not this lawful for all prisoners?
JOAN OF ARCFour 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 Orleans.
More Joan of Arc Quotes
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Go forward bravely. Fear nothing. Trust in God; all will be well.
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Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do the best that you can.
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Everything I have said or done is in the hands of God.
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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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I shall last a year, and but little longer: we must think to do good work in that year.
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Always stay near me, for tomorrow I will have much to do and more than I ever had, and tomorrow blood will leave my body above the breast.
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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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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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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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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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The angels are as perfect in form as they are in spirit.
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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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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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