36 Quotes & Sayings By Francis Of Assisi

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. Francis Of Assisi

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. Francis Of Assisi

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. For it is in giving that we receive, It is in pardoning that we are pardoned, and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life. . Francis Of Assisi

He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist. Francis Of Assisi

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

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. Francis Of Assisi

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

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;where there is hatred, let me sow love;when 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. Grant that I may not so much seekto 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, and it is in dying [to ourselves] that we are born to eternal life. Francis Of Assisi

For it is in giving that we receive. Francis Of Assisi

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. Francis Of Assisi

Don't canonize me too soon. I'm perfectly capable of fathering a child. Francis Of Assisi

And St. Francis added: "My dear and beloved Brother, the treasure of blessed poverty is so very precious and divine that we are not worthy to possess it in our vile bodies. For poverty is that heavenly virtue by which all earthy and transitory things are trodden under foot, and by which every obstacle is removed from the soul so that it may freely enter into union with the eternal Lord God. It is also the virtue which makes the soul, while still here on earth, converse with the angels in Heaven. It is she who accompanied Christ on the Cross, was buried with Christ in the Tomb, and with Christ was raised and ascended into Heaven, for even in this life she gives to souls who love her the ability to fly to Heaven, and she alone guards the armor of true humility and charity. Francis Of Assisi

What each man is in Your eyes, thus he is, and no more. Francis Of Assisi

Praised be my Lord, for our sister water. St. Francis of Assisi, Canticle of the Sun Francis Of Assisi

Preach the Gospel at all times. When necessary, use words. Francis Of Assisi

Start by doing what’s necessary, then what’s possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible. Francis Of Assisi

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

Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love. Francis Of Assisi

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love. Francis Of Assisi

If God can work through me, he can work through anyone. Francis Of Assisi

It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look. Francis Of Assisi

We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to every human being for God's sake. Francis Of Assisi

Great and glorious God, and Thou Lord Jesus, I pray you shed abroad your light in the darkness of my mind. Be found of me, Lord, so that in all things I may act only in accordance with Thy holy will. Francis Of Assisi

Praised be You, my Lord, with all Your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, Who is the day through whom You give us light. And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendour; of You, Most High, he bears the likeness. Francis Of Assisi

I am the herald of the Great King. Francis Of Assisi

Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses. Francis Of Assisi

Pure, holy simplicity confounds all the wisdom of this world and the wisdom of the flesh. Francis Of Assisi

Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the reward of their charity and the alms they give. For these, they will receive from the Lord the reward and recompense they deserve. Francis Of Assisi

Holy humility confounds pride and all the men of this world and all things that are in the world. Francis Of Assisi