Franciscans Quotes

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

Francis of Assisi

Love, God, Christian

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

Francis of Assisi

Leadership, Faith, Spiritual

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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.

Francis of Assisi

Inspirational, Motivational, Positive

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

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

Francis of Assisi

Peace, Passion, Heart

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

Francis of Assisi

God, Faith, Historical

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

Francis of Assisi

Love, Fear, Ignorance

Saint Francis (of Assisi), Regis J. Armstrong, Ignatius C. Brady (1982). “Francis and Clare: The Complete Works”, p.35, Paulist Press

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

Francis of Assisi

No Regrets, Enemy, Doe

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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.

Francis of Assisi

Religious, Peace, Men

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

Francis of Assisi

Self, Giving, Catholic

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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.

Francis of Assisi

Begging You, Order, Names

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

Francis of Assisi

Love, Christian, Being Alone

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There is nothing to prove and nothing to protect. I am who I am and it's enough.

Richard Rohr

Being Yourself, Who I Am, Enough

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

Francis of Assisi

God, Faith, Inspiration

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every time God forgives us, God is saying that God's own rules do not matter as much as the relationship that God wants to create with us.

Richard Rohr

Relationship, Forgiveness, God

Richard Rohr (2011). “AARP Falling Upward: A Spirituality for the Two Halves of Life”, p.69, John Wiley & Sons

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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.

Francis of Assisi

Men, Order, Giving

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Where there is injury let me sow pardon.

Francis of Assisi

Madness, Injury, Pardon Me

Speech of Mother Teresa of Calcutta to the National Prayer Breakfast, Washington, DC, www.priestsforlife.org. February 03, 1994.

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Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty.

Francis of Assisi

Sublime, Treasure, Poverty

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Meditate on the horrors of Hell, which will last for eternity because of one easily-committed mortal sin. Try hard to be among the few who are chosen. Think of the eternal flames of Hell, and how few there are that are saved.

Benedict Joseph Labre

Christian, Thinking, Flames

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But living in uncertain times does not mean San Franciscans must live in fear

Gavin Newsom

Mean, Doe, Uncertain Times

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I would love to be a Franciscan brother. Im just not sure I have the courage to do it.

Rich Mullins

Brother, Not Sure

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From Roger Bacon, the 13th century Franciscan who pioneered the scientific method, to George Lemaitre, the 20th century Belgian priest who first developed a mathematical foundation for the 'Big Bang,' people of faith have played a key role in advancing scientific understanding.

Kenneth R. Miller

Keys, People, Understanding

"Science And Religion: Incompatible?" by Science And Religion: Incompatible?, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 7, 2012.

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City government can and must help San Franciscans prepare for emergencies in order to avoid tragedy where possible and minimize loss of life and property when emergencies occur

Gavin Newsom

Loss, Government, Order

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"My aim is to institute perpetual adoration," spoke St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, Franciscan priest and founder of the Knights of the Immaculata. For he said that this is "the most important activity," and "if half of the Brothers would work, and the other half pray, this would not require too much."

Maximilian Kolbe

Brother, Knights, Important

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A story went the rounds about a San Franciscan white matron who refused to sit beside a Negro civilian on the streetcar, even after he made room for her on the seat. Her explanation was that she would not sit beside a draft dodger who was a Negro as well. She added that the least he could do was fight for his country the way her son was fighting on Iwo Jima. The story said that the man pulled his body away from the window to show an armless sleeve. He said quietly and with great dignity, "Then ask your son to look around for my arm, which I left over there.

Maya Angelou

Country, Fighting, Son

Maya Angelou (2009). “I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings”, p.210, Random House

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