The best Quotes by Francis of Assisi

The best Quotes by Francis of Assisi

Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone, better known as Francis of Assisi (1181 - 1226), was an Italian mystic and Catholic friar who founded the Franciscans. He was inspired to lead a life of poverty as an itinerant preacher. One of the most venerated figures in Christianity, Francis was canonized by Pope Gregory IX on 16 July 1228. He is usually depicted in a brown habit with a rope around his waist with three knots, symbolizing the three Franciscan vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience.

A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
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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.
A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows.
Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible.
Praised be You, my Lord, through our Sister, Mother Earth, who sustains and governs us, producing varied fruits with coloured flowers and herbs.
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
For it is in giving that we receive.
Lord, make me an instrument of thy peace. Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance.
It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.