[Before being burned at the stake for her faith:] Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames.
JOAN OF ARCDo you think the Voice would come to me? I would that every one could hear the Voice as I hear it.
More Joan of Arc Quotes
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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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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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Even though I saw the executioner and the fire, I could not say anything but what I have said.
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Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.
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I was admonished ot adopt feminine clothes; I refused, and still refuse.
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I die for speaking the language of the angels.
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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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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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I fear nothing for God is with me!
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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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Truly, if you were to tear me limb from limb and separate my soul from my body,
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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 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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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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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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