Top 100 Quotes About Francis Of Assisi

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

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#2. The process of my transformation came to a head with my discovery of St. Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage I went on with a scout troop from my school.

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#3. Woe to those who die in mortal sin!

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#4. What does the poor man do at the rich man's door, the sick man in the presence of his physician, the thirsty man at a limpid stream? What they do, I do before the Eucharistic God. I pray. I adore. I love.

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#5. Be praised, O my Lord by Brother Wind, By air and cloud and every clime To whom Thou givest sustenance unto their kind.

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#6. Study always to have Joy, for it befits not the servant of God to show before his brother or another sadness or a troubled face.

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#7. Does the meaning of Jesus Christ for, say, George W. Bush have anything at all in common with his meaning for, say, Francis of Assisi?

Richard Seaford

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#8. We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen apart, and to bring home those who have lost their way.

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#9. For it is in giving that we receive.

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#10. There is absolutely no man in the whole world who can possess one among you unless he first die.

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#11. When I think of the happiness that is in store for me, every sorrow, every pain becomes dear to me.

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#12. I was studying Francis of Assisi for quite some time, when Benedict was still the pope. And I was studying it for a song that I did for my last album, 'Banga.'

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#13. It would be considered a theft on our part if we didn't give to someone in greater need than we are.

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#14. God could not have chosen anyone less qualified, or more of a sinner, than myself. And so, for this wonderful work He intends to perform through us, He selected me- for God always chooses the weak and the absurd, and those who count for nothing.

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#15. Jesus is happy to come with us, as truth is happy to be spoken, as life to be lived, as light to be lit, as love is to be loved, as joy to be given, as peace to be spread.

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#16. First do the necessary, then do the feasible, then you will be able to achieve the impossible.

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#17. We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.

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#18. 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.

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#19. A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.

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#20. Spread the Gospel. If necessary, use words.

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

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#22. One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights.

Simone Weil

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#23. It pleases me that you teach sacred theology to the brothers, as long as - in the words of the Rule - you 'do not extinguish the Spirit of prayer and devotion' with study of this kind. - Francis of Assisi

Mark Galli

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#24. Preach the Gospels everyday & only if you have to ... use words.

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#25. It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.

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

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#27. Pleased be you, my Lord, with all your creatures, especially Sir Brother Sun, who is the day and through whom you give us light. And he is beautiful and radiant with great splendours and bears likeness of you, Most High One.

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#28. I am the herald of the Great King.

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

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#30. St. Francis of Assisi was hoeing his garden when someone asked what he would do if he were suddenly to learn that he would die before sunset that very day. "I would finish hoeing my garden," he replied.

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#31. What we are looking for is what is looking.

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

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#33. Madness, Brother Masseo, is the salt which prevents good sense from rotting.

Nikos Kazantzakis

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#34. Go out and preach the gospel and if you must, use words.

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#35. Be patient in trials, watchful in prayer, and never cease working.

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#36. I pity the village where no one is a saint, but I also pity the village where everyone is a saint!

Nikos Kazantzakis

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#37. 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.

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#38. Saint Francis of Assisi understood the power of faith put into action to change the human heart, for it was he who said, "Preach the gospel always; when necessary use words." We had not yet spoken a word in their language, but the village elders had already "heard" the gospel.

Richard Stearns

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#39. 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 haands, his head, and his heart is an artist.

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#40. She was so pure and so brave and so singular in her faith and obedience to God that, perhaps like Francis of Assisi or even like Jesus himself, she challenges many of our deepest assumptions about what a life can be.

Eric Metaxas

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#41. Don't change the world, change worlds.

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

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#43. We should all realize that no matter where or how a man dies, if he is in the state of mortal sin and does not repent, when he could have done so and did not, the Devil tears his soul from his body with such anguish and distress that only a person who has experienced it can appreciate it.

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#44. The Father willed that his blessed and glorious Son, whom he gave to us and who was born for us, should through his own blood offer himself as a sacrificial victim on the altar of the cross. This was to be done not for himself through whom all things were made, but for our sins.

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#45. What you are looking for is what is looking.

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#46. You should never praise anyone until you see how he turns out in the end!

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#47. Three highballs, and I think I'm St. Francis of Assisi.

Dorothy Parker

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

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#49. Water is the mirror of nature.

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#50. May the power of your love, Lord Christ, fiery and sweet as honey, so absorb our hearts as to withdraw them from all that is under heaven. Grant that we may be ready to die for love of your love, as you died for love of our love.

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#51. The servants of God who had been a besieged garrison became a marching army; the ways of the world were filled as with thunder with the trampling of their feet and far ahead of that ever swelling host went a man singing; as simply he had sung that morning in the winter woods, where he walked alone.

G.K. Chesterton

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#52. Dear God, please reveal to us your sublime beauty, that is everywhere, everywhere, everywhere, so that we will never again feel frightened.

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#53. 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.

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

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#55. Small yet strong in the love of God, like Saint Francis of Assisi, all of us, as Christians, are called to watch over
and protect the fragile world in which we live, and all its peoples.

Pope Francis

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#56. Preach the Gospel, if necessary use words

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#57. You cannot all abandon your possessions, but at least you can change your attitude about them. All getting separates you from others; all giving unites to others.

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#58. Our actions are our own; their consequences belong to Heaven.

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#59. Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.

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#60. [Francis of Assisi was one of the] signal figures who are catalysts for rapid change

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#61. 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.

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#62. Nor did demons crucify Him; it is you who have crucified Him and crucify Him still, when you delight in your vices and sins.

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#63. You can show your love to others by not wishing that they should be better Christians.

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#64. The tree of love its roots hath spread Deep in my heart, and rears its head; Rich are its fruits: they joy dispense; Transport the heart, and ravish sense. In love's sweet swoon to thee I cleave, Bless'd source of love.

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#65. I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, He can work through anyone.

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#66. There is no use in walking anywhere to preach if your walking isn't your preaching.

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

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#68. Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.

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#69. Preach the Gospels everyday & only if you have to...use words.

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#70. As St. Francis of Assisi in the thirteenth century said it best, "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.

Shawn Achor

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#71. The brave unfortunate are our best acquaintance.

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#72. Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society.

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#73. Where there is injury let me sow pardon.

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#74. When I think of some of the great renewals in the church I think of folks like St. Francis and Clare of Assisi who, through their lifestyle, were challenging the patterns of materialism and militarism and it affected the Christianity of their age.

Shane Claiborne

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#75. 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.

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#76. There was something of relative freedom in that feudal gesture of the vow; for no man asks vows from slaves anymore than from spades.

G.K. Chesterton

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#77. Here is one of the best means to acquire humility; fix well in mind this maxim: One is as much as he is in the sight of God, and no more.

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#78. 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.

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#79. 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.

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#80. I've had the sort of day that would make St. Francis of Assisi kick babies.

Douglas Adams

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#81. One of the greatest sermons ever pronounced on missionary work is this simple thought attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi: 'Preach the gospel at all times and if necessary, use words.' Opportunities to do so are all around us. Do not miss them by waiting too long on the road to Damascus.

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

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#82. Do not put off any longer confessing all your sins, for death will soon come. Give and it will be given you; forgive and you will be forgiven ... Blessed are they who die repentant, for they shall go to the Kingdom of Heaven!

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#83. Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible. - Saint Francis of Assisi

Joyce Meyer

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#84. We adore Thee most holy Lord Jesus Christ, here in all Thy Churches, which are in the whole world, because by Thy holy cross, Thou hast redeemed the world

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#85. 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.

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#86. Be praised, my Lord, through those who forgive for love of you; through those who endure sickness and trial.

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

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#88. A promise is a child of the understanding and the will; the understanding begets it, the will brings it forth.

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#89. No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.

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#90. What could you do to a man who owns nothing? You can't starve a fasting man, you can't steal from someone who has no money, you can't ruin someone who hates prestige.

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#91. Ly-di-ah! I sit beneath your window, laaaass, singing 'cause I loooove your a - "
"For the love of St. Francis of Assisi, someone call a vet. There is an injured animal screaming in pain outside," Charlotte interrupted the flow of music in ill-humor.

Michelle M. Pillow

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#92. If we endure all things patiently and with gladness, thinking on the sufferings of our Blessed Lord, and bearing all for the love of Him: herein is perfect joy.

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#93. Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in the heavens, you have made them bright, precious and fair.

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#94. Above all the grace and the gifts that Christ gives to his beloved is that of overcoming self.

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#95. I have sinned against my brother the ass.

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#96. Where there is discord may we bring harmony. Where there is error, may we bring truth. Where there is doubt, may we bring faith. Where there is despair, may we bring hope.

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#97. Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.

Oscar Wilde

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

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#99. Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that have received
only what you have given.

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#100. To defend his purity, Saint Francis of Assisi rolled in the snow, Saint Benedict threw himself into a thorn bush, and Saint Bernard plunged into an icy pond ... You - what have you done?

Josemaria Escriva

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