Saint Francis Quotes
- Christmas Eve Saint Francis and Saint Benedight Blesse this house from wicked wight; From the night-mare and the goblin, That is hight good fellow Robin:… — Thomas Cartwright
- Some folks say it was a miracle. Saint Francis suddenly appeared and knocked the next pitch clean over the fence. But I think it was… — Jack Handey
- The vocation of being a 'protector' [. . .] means protecting all creation, the beauty of the created world, as the Book of Genesis tells… — Pope Francis
- Others too would occasionally entertain and privately express such doubts; though we all had been most solemnly warned by the cruel murder of Saint Francis. — Maria Monk
- One of the greatest sermons ever pronounced on missionary work is this simple thought attributed to Saint Francis of Assisi: 'Preach the gospel at all… — Dieter F. Uchtdorf
- As for the spirit of poverty, I do not remember any moment when it was not in me, although only to that unhappily small extent… — Simone Weil