Chastity does not mean abstention from sexual wrong; it means something flaming, like Joan of Arc. — Gilbert K. Chesterton Copy Share Image
You sometimes see a woman who would have made a Joan of Arc in another century and climate, threshing herself to pieces… — Rudyard Kipling Copy Share Image
“Ancient moon priestesses were called virgins. ‘Virgin’ meant not married, not belong to a man - a woman who was ‘one-in-herself’. The… — Monica Sjoo Copy Share Image
Do you notice how all the self-sacrificing women in history; Joan of Arc, Mother Theresa, can't think of any others; they all… — Dr Gregory House Copy Share Image
In France it was Joan of Arc; in the Crimea it was Florence Nightingale; in the deep south there was Rosa Parks;… — Larry Gatlin Copy Share Image
“Who?” “Schiller. A German dramatist of three centuries ago. In a play about Joan of Arc, he said, ‘Against stupidity, the gods… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Don't you know how much I hero-worshiped you when I was a kid? You were Marie Curie crossed with Emily Bronte crossed… — Kamila Shamsie Copy Share Image
I sat down in the sand, breathless with shame and failure. God, I thought, some defender of the weak. Some freedom fighter:… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
“I deplored silence. I deplored stillness. I hated almost everything. I was very unhappy and angry all the time. I tried to… — Ottessa Moshfegh Copy Share Image
All the true heroes who stood up for justice were hated by many. MLK, Joan of Arc, Malcolm X, Gandhi, the list… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
