Francis of Assisi

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

“A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance. Where there is patience and humility, there is neither anger nor vexation. Where there is poverty and joy, there is neither greed nor avarice. Where there is peace and meditation, there is neither anxiety nor doubt.”

“Such was the will of the Father that his Son, blessed and glorious, whom he gave to us, and who was born for us, should by his own blood, sacrifice, and oblation, offer himself on the altar of the cross, not for himself, by whom "all things were made," but for our sins, leaving us an example that we should follow his steps.”

“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.”

“All those men and women … who in their body serve the world through the desires of the flesh, the concerns of the world and the cares of this life: They are held captive by the devil, whose children they are, and whose works they do.”

“We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh, but, instead, we must be simple, humble and pure.”

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

“It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.”

“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.”

“Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.”

“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.”

“For it is in giving that we receive.”

“Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society.”

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

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

“For it is in giving that we receive.”

“It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“Holy poverty confounds cupidity and avarice and the cares of this world.”

“Praised be You, my Lord, through Brother Fire, through whom You light the night, and he is beautiful and playful and robust and strong.”

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

“If a superior give any order to one who is under him which is against that man's conscience, although he do not obey it yet he shall not be dismissed.”

“Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.”

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

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

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

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

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

“Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.”

“I am the herald of the Great King.”

“Woe to those who die in mortal sin!”

“Praised be You, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, producing varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.”

“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.”

“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.”

“It is in pardoning that we are pardoned.”

“A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.”

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

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

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

“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.”

“Holy charity confounds all diabolical and fleshly temptations and all fleshly fears.”

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

“Where there is injury let me sow pardon.”

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

“Holy wisdom confounds Satan and all his wickednesses.”

“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.”

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