Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc
Joan of Arc, nicknamed "The Maid of Orléans", is considered a heroine of France for her role during the Lancastrian phase of the Hundred Years' War, and was canonized as a Roman Catholic saint. Joan of Arc was born to Jacques d'Arc and Isabelle Romée, a peasant family, at Domrémy in north-east France. Joan said she received visions of the Archangel Michael, Saint Margaret, and Saint Catherine of Alexandria instructing her to support Charles VII and recover France from English...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionSaint
CountryFrance
morning blood body
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.
girl voice warfare
... I answered the voice that I was a poor girl who knew nothing of riding and warfare ...
... since God commanded me to go, I must do it.
years voice firsts
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.
kings keys heaven
King of England, and you, duke of Bedford, who call yourself regent of the kingdom of France... 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.
inspirational women gods-will
Act, and God will act.
leadership fall fall-back
Courage! Do not fall back.
ashes body today
Alas! that my body, clean and whole, never been corrupted, today must be consumed and burnt to ashes!
truth fire say-anything
Even though I saw the executioner and the fire, I could not say anything but what I have said.
jesus church matter
About Jesus Christ and the Church, I simply know they're just one thing, and we shouldn't complicate the matter.
heart i-love-him things-i-love
I place trust in God, my creator, in all things; I love Him with all my heart.
military fall blow
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.
believe men giving
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.
grace praying states
If I be not in a state of grace, I pray God place me in it; if I be in it, I pray God keep me so.