Francis of Assisi Quotes

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• Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received - only what you have given: a full heart, enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage.

  Francis of Assisi

  Courage, Heart, Sacrifice

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• Do all you can to preach the gospel and if necessary use words!

  Francis of Assisi

  Faith, Christian, Spiritual

  Attributed to Francis of Assisi in Alf Droy "The Lord is my Shepherd" (p. 84), 1999.

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

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  Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

  President Gellhaus’ Speech, annualmeeting.acog.org. 2016.

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• 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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  Waiting, Faces, Helping

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• 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.

  Francis of Assisi

  Spiritual, Prayer, Sadness

  The Origin of the Peace Prayer of St. Francis, www.franciscan-archive.org.

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

  Francis of Assisi

  Volunteer, Deeds, May

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

  Francis of Assisi

  Inspirational, Cheer Up, Positive Thinking

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

  Francis of Assisi

  Animal, Needs, Helping

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

  Francis of Assisi

  Loss, Pet, Earth

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• The only thing ever achieved in life without effort is failure.

  Francis of Assisi

  Effort

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• What is it that stands higher than words? Action. What is it that stands higher than action? Silence.

  Francis of Assisi

  Silence, Action, Higher

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• Do few things but do them well, simple joys are holy.

  Francis of Assisi

  Simple, Simplicity, Joy

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• 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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  Brother, Children, Father

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• What do you have to fear? Nothing. Whom do you have to fear? No one. Why? Because whoever has joined forces with God obtains three great privileges: omnipotence without power, intoxication without wine, and life without death.

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  Death, Wine, Omnipotence

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

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  Prayer, Praying, Should

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

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  Angel, World, Wonder

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• Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society.

  Francis of Assisi

  Saint, Catholic Saint, Sanctify

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

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  Self, Giving, Catholic

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• I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.

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  God, Faith, Historical

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• A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.

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  Inspirational, Happiness, Summer

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• He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist

  Francis of Assisi

  Heart, Artist, Hands

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• Where there is Love and Wisdom, there is neither Fear nor Ignorance.
  Where there is Patience and Humility, there is neither Anger nor Annoyance.
  Where there is Poverty and Joy, there is neither Cupidity nor Avarice.
  Where there is Peace and Contemplation, there is neither Care nor Restlessness.
  Where there is the Fear of God to guard the dwelling, there no enemy can enter.
  Where there is Mercy and Prudence, there is neither Excess nor Harshness.

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  Ignorance, Humility, Dwelling

  Saint Francis (of Assisi) (1964). “Writings”

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• 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.

  Francis of Assisi

  Attitude, Giving, Possession

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• It was easy to love God in all that was beautiful. The lessons of deeper knowledge, though, instructed me to embrace God in all things.

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  Beautiful, Lessons, God Love

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  For it is in giving that we receive.

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  Christmas, Greatness, Helping Others

  Francis of Assisi (2017). “St. Francis of Assisi's Prayers”, p.72, Paper & Ink

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