I answered the voice that I was a poor girl who knew nothing of riding and warfare.
JOAN OF ARCYou 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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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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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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Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do the best that you can.
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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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I was admonished ot adopt feminine clothes; I refused, and still refuse.
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Go forward bravely. Fear nothing. Trust in God; all will be well.
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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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Men are sometimes hanged for telling the truth.
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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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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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Courage! Do not fall back; in a little the place will be yours.
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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 would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God’s will.
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Act, and God will act.
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Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.
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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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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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The poor folk gladly came to me, for I did them no unkindness, but helped them as much as I could.
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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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I am the drum on which God is beating out his message.
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As for other avocations of women, there are plenty of other women to perform them.
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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 used to say, “Go boldly in among the English,” and then I used to go boldly in myself.
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Everything I have said or done is in the hands of God.
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I did not take this dress or do anything but by the command of Our Lord and of the Angels.
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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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