[Before being burned at the stake for her faith:] Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames.
JOAN OF ARCFar rather would I sit and sew beside my poor mother, for this thing is not of my condition.
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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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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I was admonished ot adopt feminine clothes; I refused, and still refuse.
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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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But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.
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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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I shall last a year, and but little longer: we must think to do good work in that year.
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Men are sometimes hanged for telling the truth.
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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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The Maid and her soldiers will have the victory. Therefore the Maid is willing that you, Duke of Bedford, should not destroy yourself.
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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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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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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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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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I commit myself to Him! I certify to you that I would do or say nothing against the Christian faith.
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