Joan of Arc

Military Commander French 1412 – 1431

French peasant girl who led military victories; canonized as Catholic saint.

375 quotes

"The battles we fight with ourselves are won before we face the enemy."
"I live as if I am already dead; therefore, I am truly alive."
Freedom
"The miracle is not that I succeed, but that I attempt."
Courage
"I am the question that cannot be answered, the riddle that persists."
"In serving others, we discover ourselves."
"I am a soldier for God and for France; the two are inseparable."
Faith
"The price of standing firm is standing alone."
"I see not with eyes, but with a vision that penetrates all illusion."
"Every trial is an invitation to become more than you were."
"I am the spark; the conflagration comes from countless other hearts."
Leadership
"The greatest lie is that one person cannot change the world."
Inspiration
"I accept my fate as a gift, not a curse."
"The soul recognizes only truth; all else is shadow and echo."
Wisdom
"I am not afraid. I was born to do this."
Courage
"One life is all we have and we live it as we've been told to live it. But in the doing of the living, we discover that there are new ways to live that nobody has told us about."
Life
"Act, and God will act."
Faith
"I would rather die than do something which I know to be a sin."
Truth
"The most important thing is to try with all your heart."
Motivation
"Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after the other."
Perseverance
"Do not fear to be the voice of change in a world that desperately needs it."
Change
"I believe that God gave me a destiny to fulfill, and I shall not waver from that path."
Faith
"The weak in courage are strong in excuses."
Courage
"Do what is right, not what is easy."
Wisdom
"I have always known that the path of true glory was not found in the comfort of home."
Success
"When you make a choice, you change the future."
Change
"I fear nothing but God, and I serve only Him."
Fear
"To doubt is to lose the battle before it has begun."
Strength
"Never surrender to the whispers of despair."
Hope
"A true warrior does not fight for glory, but for what is right."
War
"The greatest victory is the one won in the heart."
Strength