Francis of Assisi quotes

" Nothing is so powerful as gentleness nothing is so gentle as true strength. " # Power

" Preach the gospel at all times -- If necessary, use words. " # Gospel # Preachers and Preaching # Time and Time Management

" Make yourself familiar with the angels, and behold them frequently in spirit for without being seen, they are present with you. " # Angels # Love # Beauty

" If we say a little it is easy to add, but having said too much it is hard to withdraw and never can it be done so quickly as to hinder the harm of our success. " # Success # Marriage # Past

" Preach the Gospel always, and if necessary, use words. " # Gospel # Preachers and Preaching # Words

" There is nothing as strong as tenderness,
And nothing as tender as true strength. " # Strength

" When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time. " # Contradiction # Time and Time Management # Difficulties

" O 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. " # Love # Death and Dying # Life and Living

" Lord grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can, and the wisdom to know the difference. " # Courage # Love # Change

" Lord, make me an instrument of Your peace Where there is hatred let me sow love Where there is injury, pardon Where there is doubt, faith Where there is despair, hope Where there is darkness, light Where there is sadness, joy. " # Love # Faith # Peace