[Before being burned at the stake for her faith:] Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames.
JOAN OF ARCI 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.
More Joan of Arc Quotes
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I would not say anything more. If I did say anything, afterwards I would always declare that you made me say it by force!
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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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I was admonished ot adopt feminine clothes; I refused, and still refuse.
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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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Truly, if you were to tear me limb from limb and separate my soul from my body,
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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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[Responding to trick query about whether she believed herself in a state of grace:] If I am not, may it please God to bring me into it; if I am, may He preserve me in it.
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I am not afraid; I was born to do this.
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Men are sometimes hanged for telling the truth.
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Yet you should not marvel if I do not enter that city so quickly.
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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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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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The angels are as perfect in form as they are in spirit.
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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 die for speaking the language of the angels.
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