Joan of Arc, nicknamed “The Maid of Orléans,” was a national heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years’ War, and was canonized as a Roman Catholic saint. Arc led the French army to victory over the English at Orléans. Captured a year later, Joan was burned at the stake as a heretic by the English and their French collaborators. Inspirational Joan of Arc quotes will give you the edge you need to create your success and uplift your spirit.
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Most Famous Joan of Arc Quotes
Everything I have said or done is in the hands of God Christian faith.
Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimes people believe in little or nothing, and so they give their lives to little or nothing. One life is all we have, and we live it as we believe in living it and then it’s gone. But to surrender who you are and to live without belief is more terrible than dying even more terrible than dying young.
About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know they’re just one thing, and we shouldn’t complicate the matter.
All battles are first won or lost, in the mind.
But since God had commanded me to go, I must do it. And since God had commanded it, had I had a hundred fathers and a hundred mothers, and had I been a king’s daughter, I would have gone.
I am the drum on which God is beating out his message.
Men are sometimes hanged for speaking the truth.
Every man gives his life for what he believes one life is all we have to live and we live it according to what we believe.
Alas! that my body, clean and whole, never been corrupted, today must be consumed and burnt to ashes!
It is better to be alone with God. His friendship will not fail me, nor His counsel, nor His love. In His strength, I will dare and dare and dare until I die!
Truly, if you were to tear me limb from limb and separate my soul from my body, I would not say anything more.
Courage! Do not fall back
Even though I saw the executioner and the fire, I could not say anything but what I have said.
I am not afraid I was born to do this!
I was thirteen when I had a voice from God for my help and guidance.
One life is all we have and we live it as we believe in living it. But to sacrifice what you are and to live without belief, that is a fate more terrible than dying.
In God’s name let us go on bravely.
I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God’s will.
But to surrender who you are and to live without belief is more terrible than dying even more terrible than dying young.
Even though I saw the executioner and the fire, I could not say anything but what I have said.
The light comes at the same time as the Voice.
Truly, if you were to tear me limb from limb and separate my soul from my body, I would not say anything more. If I did say anything, afterwards I would always declare that you made me say it by force!
Act, and God will act, work and He will work.
In God’s name let us go on bravely.
I am not afraid I was born to do this.
I answered the voice that I was a poor girl who knew nothing of riding and warfare
I place trust in God, my creator, in all things; I love Him with all my heart.
Hope in God. If you have good hope and faith in Him, you shall be delivered from your enemies.
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.
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, I would have gone nevertheless.
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.
Alas! that my body, clean and whole, never been corrupted, today must be consumed and burnt to ashes!
It is true that the king has made a truce with Paris at the end of fifteen days.
I fear nothing for God is with me.
Go forward bravely. Fear nothing. Trust in God; all will be well.
If I said that God did not send me, I should condemn myself; truly God did send me.
All battles are first won or lost, in the mind.
I die for speaking the language of the angels.
Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames.
All battles are first won or lost, in the mind. Joan of Arc
I answered the voice that I was a poor girl who knew nothing of riding and warfare.
Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman gives her life for what she believes. Sometimes people believe in little or nothing, nevertheless, they give up their lives to that little or nothing. One life is all we have, and we live it as we believe in living it, and then it’s gone. But to surrender what you are, and live without belief that’s more terrible than dying more terrible than dying young. Joan of Arc
I am the drum on which God is beating out his message.
It is better to be alone with God. His friendship will not fail me, nor His counsel, nor His love. In His strength, I will dare and dare and dare until I die. Joan of Arc
I was admonished t0 adopt feminine clothes; I refused, and still refuse there are plenty of other women to perform them.
How else would God speak to me, if not through my imagination? Joan of Arc
When the wind blows my banner against the bulwark, you shall take it.
Before being burned at the stake for her faith Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames. Joan of Arc
The angels are as perfect in form as they are in spirit.
I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God’s will. Joan of Arc
Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do the best that you can.
I place trust in God, my creator, in all things; I love Him with all my heart. Joan of Arc
Courage! Do not fall back.
I die for speaking the language of the angels. Joan of Arc
In this I am God’s messenger. Do you set me bravely to work, and I will raise the siege of Orleans.
Courage! Do not fall back; in a little the place will be yours. Watch! When the wind blows my banner against the bulwark, you shall take it. Joan of Arc
Every man gives his life for what he believes. Every woman gives her life for what she believes.
I was admonished to adopt feminine clothes; I refused, and still refuse. As for other avocations of women, there are plenty of other women to perform them. Joan of Arc
The poor folk gladly came to me, for I did them no unkindness, but helped them as much as I could.
Help yourself and God will help you Joan of Arc
If I am not, may it please God to bring me into it; if I am, may He preserve me in it.
In God’s name let us go on bravely. Joan of Arc Quotes
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.
About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know they’re just one thing, and we shouldn’t complicate the matter. Joan of Arc
It is true I wished to escape; and so I wish still: is not this lawful for all prisoners?
Even little children repeat that oftentimes people are hanged for having told the truth. Joan of Arc
I believe it was sent me from God. When I heard it for the third time, I recognized that it was the Voice of an Angel.
Get up tomorrow early in the morning, and earlier than you did today, and do the best that you can. 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. Joan of Arc
This Voice has always guarded me well, and I have always understood it
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. Joan of Arc
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.
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. Joan of Arc
It is better to be alone with God.
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. Joan of Arc
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.
I used to say, Go boldly in among the English, and then I used to go boldly in myself. Joan of Arc
But I must go, and I must do this thing, because my Lord will have it so.
The poor folk gladly came to me, for I did them no unkindness, but helped them as much as I could. Joan of Arc
My Voice is good and to be honored. I am not bound to answer you about it.
Far rather would I sit and sew beside my poor mother, for this thing is not of my condition. 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! Joan of Arc
I should be the saddest in all the world if I knew that I were not in the grace of God.
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. I did not take this dress or do anything but by the command of Our Lord and of the Angels. Joan of Arc
I were in a state of sin, do you think the Voice would come to me? I would that every one could hear the Voice as I hear it.
Alas! that my body, clean and whole, never been corrupted, today must be consumed and burnt to ashes! Joan of Arc
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.
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. Joan of Arc
Those of my party knew well that the Voice had been sent me from God; they have seen and known this Voice, I am sure of it.
If ever I do escape, no one shall reproach me with having broken or violated my faith, not having given my word to anyone, whosoever it may be. Joan of Arc
