Francis of Assisi Quotes

Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received - only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage.

Do all you can to preach the gospel and if necessary use words!

Lord, help me to live this day, quietly, easily. To lean upon Thy great strength, trustfully, restfully. To wait for the unfolding of Thy will, patiently, serenely. To meet others, peacefully, joyously. To face tomorrow, confidently, courageously.

Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love, Where there is injury, pardon; Where there is doubt, faith; Where there is despair, hope; Where there is darkness, light; And where there is sadness, joy. O Divine Master, Grant that I may not so much seek To be consoled as to console, To be understood as to understand, To be loved, as to love.

The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today.

All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.

God requires that we assist the animals, when they need our help. Each being (human or creature) has the same right of protection.

Ask the beasts and they will teach you the beauty of this earth.

What is it that stands higher than words? Action. What is it that stands higher than action? Silence.

The only thing ever achieved in life without effort is failure.

Do few things but do them well, simple joys are holy.

All things of creation are children of the Father and thus brothers of man. ... God wants us to help animals, if they need help. Every creature in distress has the same right to be protected.

What do you have to fear? Nothing. Whom do you have to fear? No one. Why? Because whoever has joined forces with God obtains three great privileges: omnipotence without power, intoxication without wine, and life without death.

We should seek not so much to pray but to become prayer.

The world is a great stage on which God displays his many wonders.

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.

He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist

I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.

For it is in giving that we receive.

Where there is Love and Wisdom, there is neither Fear nor Ignorance. Where there is Patience and Humility, there is neither Anger nor Annoyance. Where there is Poverty and Joy, there is neither Cupidity nor Avarice. Where there is Peace and Contemplation, there is neither Care nor Restlessness. Where there is the Fear of God to guard the dwelling, there no enemy can enter. Where there is Mercy and Prudence, there is neither Excess nor Harshness.

By the anxieties and worries of this life Satan tries to dull man's heart and make a dwelling for himself there.

When we pray to God we must be seeking nothing - nothing.

It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.

If you have men who will exclude any of God's creatures from the shelter of compassion and pity, you will have men who will deal likewise with their fellow men.