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,
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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One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it.
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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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Watch! When the wind blows my banner against the bulwark, you shall take it.
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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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King of England, and you, duke of Bedford, who call yourself regent of the kingdom of France.
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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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As for other avocations of women, there are plenty of other women to perform them.
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Even little children repeat that oftentimes people are hanged for having told the truth.
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Courage! Do not fall back; in a little the place will be yours.
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I am not afraid; I was born to do this.
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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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Far rather would I sit and sew beside my poor mother, for this thing is not of my condition.
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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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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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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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