Joan of Arc Quotes
19 quotes from Joan of Arc — French peasant girl who, claiming divine guidance, led the French army to several decisive victories during the Hundred.
“I am not afraid; I was born to do this.”
“I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin, or to be against God's will.”
“I fear nothing for God is with me!”
“In God's name let us go on bravely.”
“Act, and God will act.”
“Go forward bravely. Fear nothing. Trust in God; all will be well.”
“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.”
“Children say that people are hung sometimes for speaking the truth.”
“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.”
“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.”
“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.”
“Every man gives his life for what he believes.”
“I am sent here by God the King of Heaven — to drive you entirely out of France. And if they are willing to obey, I shall have mercy on them.”
“I tell you, in the name of the King of Heaven, my rightful and sovereign Lord, for your well-being and your honor and upon your lives, that you will never win a battle against the loyal French.”
“If I am not in the state of grace, may God put me there; and if I am, may God so keep me.”
“It is not at Poitiers but at Orléans that I shall give proof of my mission.”
“King of England, if you do not do so, I am a commander, and wherever I come across your troops in France, I shall make them go, whether willingly or unwillingly; and if they will not obey, I will have them wiped out.”
“You, men of England, who have no right to this Kingdom of France, the King of Heaven orders and notifies you through me, Joan the Maiden, to leave your fortresses and go back to your own country; or I will produce a clash of arms to be eternally remembered. And this is the third and last time I have written to you; I shall not write anything further.”
“Even if they tortured her to death she would not reply differently, adding that in any case she would afterward maintain that any statement she might make had been extorted from her by force.”
