Francis of Assisi Quotes About Saints

Quotes about: Saints

• Sanctify yourself and you will sanctify society.

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  Saint, Catholic Saint, Sanctify

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

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  Inspirational, Cheer Up, Positive Thinking

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

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  Love, God, Christian

• 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.

• Spiritual joy arises from purity of the heart and perseverance in prayer.

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  Spiritual, Perseverance, Prayer

• 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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  Heart, Men, Dwelling

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

• 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

• 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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  Giving, Saint, Would Be

• 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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  Jesus, Love Is, Light

• 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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  Mean, Humility, Sight

• What you are looking for is what is looking.

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  Inspirational, Spiritual, Wisdom

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

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  Saint, Praise, Ends

• 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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  Men, Doors, Sick

• 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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  Thinking, Dust, Should Have

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

• 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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  Men, Appreciate, Soul

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

• 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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  Hope, Truth, Errors

• We have been called to heal wounds, to unite what has fallen away, and to bring home those who have lost their way. Many who seem to us to be children of the Devil will still become Christ's disciples.

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  Children, Home, Devil

• Alms are an inheritance and a justice which is due to the poor and which Jesus has levied upon us.

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  Jesus, Justice, Saint

• Preach always. Use words if necessary.

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  Saint, Use, Ifs

• It is good to read the testimonies of Scripture; it is good to seek the Lord our God in them. As for me, however, I have already made so much of Scripture my own that I have more than enough to meditate on and turn over in my mind. I need no more . .. I know Christ, the poor crucified One.

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  Mind, Saint, Needs

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