Quotes from St. Francis Of Assisi
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.
- St. Francis Of Assisi
It is not fitting, when one is in God's service, to have a gloomy face or a chilling look.
- St. Francis Of Assisi
We must not be wise and prudent according to the flesh. Rather, we must be simple, humble and pure.
- St. Francis Of Assisi
Woe to those who die in mortal sin!
- St. Francis Of Assisi
Praised be You, my Lord, through Sister Moon and the stars; in the heavens, you have made them bright, precious and fair.
- St. Francis Of Assisi
Love is he, radiant with great splendor,And speaks to us of Thee, O Most High.
- St. Francis Of Assisi
Praise to thee, my Lord, for all thy creatures,Above all Brother SunWho brings us the day and lends us his light.
- St. Francis Of Assisi
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. For it is in giving that we receive it is in pardoning that we are pardoned and it is in dying that we are born to eternal life.
- St. Francis Of Assisi
People who work with their hands are laborers. People who work with their hands and their heads are craftsmen. People who work with their hands, their heads, and their hearts are artists
- St. Francis Of Assisi
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.
- St. Francis Of Assisi
No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.
- St. Francis Of Assisi
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.
- St. Francis Of Assisi