St. Francis of Assisi, (1181-1226), Italian Preacher, Founder of the Franciscan Order Quotes
Grant that we may not so much seek to be understood as to understand.
Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take with you nothing that you have received -- only what you have given: a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice and courage.
Blessed is the servant who loves his brother as much when he is sick and useless as when he is well and can be of service to him. And blessed is he who loves his brother as well when he is afar off as when he is by his side, and who would say nothing behind his back he might not, in love, say before his face.
The only thing ever achieved in life without effort is failure.
He who works with his hands is a laborer.
He who works with his hands and his head is
a craftsman. He who works with his hands
and his head and his heart is an artist.
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.
Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.
I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
O Lord, make me an instrument of Thy Peace!
Where there is hatred, let me sow love.
Where there is injury, pardon.
Where there is discord, harmony.
Where there is doubt, faith.
Where there is despair, hope.
Where there is darkness, light.
Where there is sorrow, joy.
Oh 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.
Where there is injury let me sow pardon.