Francis of Assisi Quotes

I am the herald of the Great King.

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

Every day He humbles Himself just as He did when from from His heavenly throne into the Virgin's wom...

For it is in giving that we receive.

Men lose all the material things they leave behind them in this world, but they carry with them the ...

Start by doing what’s necessary, then 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.

Keep a clear eye toward life's end. Do not forget your purpose and destiny as God's creature. What y...

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

Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible.

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

Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.

Great and glorious God, and Thou Lord Jesus, I pray you shed abroad your light in the darkness of my...

Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society.

He who works with his hands is a laborer.He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman.He ...

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

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

We should never desire to be over others. Instead, we ought to be servants who are submissive to eve...

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

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

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

Lord, make me an instrument of your peace;where there is hatred, let me sow love;when there is injur...

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

Praised be You, my Lord, with all Your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, Who is the day through...

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

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

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

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

If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.

A man has only so much knowledge as he puts to work.

We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have...

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

And St. Francis added: "My dear and beloved Brother, the treasure of blessed poverty is so very prec...

And St. Francis said: 'My dear son, be patient, because the weaknesses of the body are given to us i...

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