Religion Quotes by Francis of Assisi

11 Religion quotes by Francis of Assisi

All Religion quotes Francis of Assisi’s page

When you want a brief taste of the saint’s gentle approach to faith, these eleven excerpts serve well. They convey his humility and reverence without demanding a deep dive.

Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet

Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.

Francis of Assisi

Image

Preach always. Use words if necessary.

Francis of Assisi

Image

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

Francis of Assisi

Image

You damned spirits! You can only do what the hand of God allows you to do.

Francis of Assisi

Image

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

Francis of Assisi

Image

“Spread the Gospel. If necessary, use words.”

Francis of Assisi

Image

Preach the gospel wherever you can; when all else fails use words.

Francis of Assisi

Image

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

Francis of Assisi

Image

“God, enlighten the darkness of my heart and give me a right faith, a sure hope, a perfect charity, sense and knowledge,…

Francis of Assisi

Image

I therefore command all my Brothers, those living now and those to come in the future, to venerate the Holy Mother of…

Francis of Assisi

Image

Holy obedience confounds all bodily and fleshly desires and keeps the body mortified to the obedience of the spirit and to the…

Francis of Assisi

Image

Other authors on Religion

More by Francis of Assisi

Be Thou praised, my Lord, of our Sister Mother Earth, which sustains and hath us in rule, and produces divers fruits with coloured flowers…

Francis of Assisi

Image

And in any preaching you do, admonish the people concerning repentance, and that nobody can be saved except he who receives the most holy…

Francis of Assisi

Image

...In this world I cannot see the Most High Son of God with my own eyes, except for His Most Holy Body and Blood.

Francis of Assisi

Image

God could not have chosen anyone less qualified, or more of a sinner, than myself. And so, for this wonderful work He intends to…

Francis of Assisi

Image

“Keep a clear eye toward life's end. Do not forget your purpose and destiny as God's creature. What you are in his sight is…

Francis of Assisi

Image

Don't change the world, change worlds.

Francis of Assisi

Image

A man has only so much knowledge as he puts to work.

Francis of Assisi

Image

Woe to those who die in mortal sin!

Francis of Assisi

Image

I believe that You, O Jesus, are in the most holy Sacrament. I love You and desire You. Come into my heart. I embrace…

Francis of Assisi

Image

Be patient in trials, watchful in prayer, and never cease working.

Francis of Assisi

Image

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

Francis of Assisi

Image

There is absolutely no man in the whole world who can possess one among you unless he first die.

Francis of Assisi

Image

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

Francis of Assisi

Image

If we endure all things patiently and with gladness, thinking on the sufferings of our Blessed Lord, and bearing all for the love of…

Francis of Assisi

Image

A promise is a child of the understanding and the will; the understanding begets it, the will brings it forth.

Francis of Assisi

Image