[Before being burned at the stake for her faith:] Hold the cross high so I may see it through the flames.

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.

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!

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.

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.

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.

It is true I wished to escape; and so I wish still: is not this lawful for all prisoners?