Francis of Assisi Quotes

“Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will hear today” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, He can work through anyone.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where these is hatred, let me sow love.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“And St. Francis said: ‘My dear son, be patient, because the weaknesses of the body are given to us in this world by God for the salvation of the soul. So they are of great merit when they are borne patiently.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“It is the devil’s greatest triumph when he can deprive us of the joy of the Spirit. He carries fine dust with him in little boxes and scatters it through the cracks in our conscience in order to dim the soul’s pure impulses and its luster. But the joy that fills the heart of the spiritual person destroys the deadly poison of the serpent. But if any are gloomy and think that they are abandoned in their sorrow, gloominess will continuously tear at them or else they will waste away in empty diversions. When gloominess takes root, evil grows. If it is not dissolved by tears, permanent damage is done.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“Where there is charity and wisdom there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility there is neither anger nor worry.”― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“You wanderer on the path! There is no path, only wandering”.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“Upon this, Bernard went and sold all that he had. Now he was very rich, and with great joy he distributed his wealth to widows, to orphans, to prisoners, to monasteries, to hospitals, and to pilgrims, in all which St Francis assisted him with prudence and fidelity.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

The journey is essential to the dream.― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

By the anxieties and worries of this life Satan tries to dull man’s heart and make a dwelling for himself there.― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

Not to hurt our humble brethren is our first duty to them, but to stop there is not enough. We have a higher mission – to be of service to them whenever they require it.― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

Be patient in trials, watchful in prayer, and never cease working.― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“Silvester, being satisfied, returned home; but in the evening of the same day he reflected on his avarice, and on the holiness and the fervour of St Francis. That night also he saw St Francis in a vision, and it seemed to him as if a golden cross came out of his mouth, which reached up to heaven and extended to the extreme east and west. After this vision he gave all he possessed to the poor, for the love of God, and made himself a Brother Minor. He became so holy, and was favoured with such special graces, that he spake with the Lord as a friend speaks with a friend, of which St Francis was often a witness, as we shall see further on.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“A man has only so much knowledge as he puts to work.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“There is no use in walking anywhere to preach if your walking isn’t your preaching.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“Preach the Gospels everyday & only if you have to…use words.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“O Divine Master, grant that I may not seek to be consoled, as to console. To be understood, as to understand. To be loved, as to love. For it is in giving that we receive. It is in pardoning that we are pardoned. It is in dying that we are born to eternal life.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“Nor did demons crucify Him; it is you who have crucified Him and crucify Him still, when you delight in your vices and sins. ” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“True progress quietly and persistently moves along without notice.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that have received–only what you have given.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“For it is in giving that we receive.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“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.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“We should seek not so much to pray but to become prayer.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and can be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might not, in love, say before his face.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“A man who works with his hands is a labourer. A man who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. A man who works with his hands, his head, and his heart is an artist.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“Don’t canonize me too soon. I’m perfectly capable of fathering a child.”― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“God, enlighten the darkness of my heart and give me a right faith, a sure hope, a perfect charity, sense and knowledge, so that I may carry out your holy command.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“Lord, make a channel of Thy peace that, where there is hatred, I may bring love; that where there is wrong, I may bring the spirit of forgiveness; that, where there is discord, I may bring harmony; that, where there is error, I may bring truth; that, where there is doubt, I may bring faith; that, where there is despair, I may bring hope; that, where there are shadows, I may bring light; that, where there is sadness, I may bring joy. Lord, grant that I may seek rather to comfort than to be comforted, to understand than to be understood; to love than to be loved; for it is by forgetting self that one finds; it is forgiving that one is forgiven; it is by dying that one awakens to eternal life.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“Cominciate col fare ciò che è necessario, poi ciò che è possibile. E all’improvviso vi sorprenderete a fare l’impossibile.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

Spiritual joy arises from purity of the heart and perseverance in prayer.― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

We should have no more use or regard for money in any of its forms than we have for dust. Those who think it is worth more, or who are greedy for it, expose themselves to the danger of being deceived by the Devil.― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

Our hands imbibe like roots, so i place them on what is beautiful in this world. And I fold them in prayer, and they draw from the heavens light― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

What is it that stands higher than words? Action. What is it that stands higher than action? Silence.― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

The world is a great stage on which God displays his many wonders.― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

The only thing ever achieved in life without effort is failure.― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

Where there is injury let me sow pardon.― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“so St Francis, on the first founding of his Order, chose twelve companions, all lovers of poverty. And even as one of the twelve Apostles, being reproved by Christ, hanged himself by the neck, so among the twelve companions of St Francis was one, called Brother John della Capella, who apostatised, and finally hanged himself by the neck. This should be for the elect a great example and cause of humility and fear, when they consider how no one is certain of persevering in the grace of God to the end.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“A man sins who wishes to receive more from his neighbor than he is himself willing to give to the Lord God.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“Blessed is the servant who esteems himself no better when he is praised and exalted by people than when he is considered worthless, simple, and despicable; for what a man is before God, that he is and nothing more.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“Every day He humbles Himself just as He did when from from His heavenly throne into the Virgin’s womb; every day He comes to us and lets us see Him in lowliness, when He descends from the bosom of the Father into the hands of the priest at the altar.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“Keep a clear eye toward life’s end. Do not forget your purpose and destiny as God’s creature. What you are in his sight is what you are and nothing more. Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing that you have received…but only what you have given; a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“What we are looking for is what is looking.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote

“While you are proclaiming peace with your lips, be careful to have it even more fully in your heart.” ― St. Francis Of Assisi Quote