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St Francis Quotes & Sayings

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Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you. — Francis De Sales

I am not the President. Instead, I hold an even higher office, that of citizen of the United States. — Martin Sheen

At St. Francis de Sales in Atlanta, we do not have an organ. We do not have rehearsals during the week. We do not have a professional choir. — Richard Morris

When St Francis looked deeply at an all day treatment in winter and asked it to speak to him about God, the tree was instantly covered in blossoms. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Once the anchor of reason has been cut, ones craft may go anywhere. One may become a St Francis or equally a Hitler. — Brand Blanshard

Grow where you are planted. — St. Francis De Sales

All which I took from thee I did but take, Not for thy harms. But just that thou might'st seek it in My arms. — John Francis Xavier O'Conor

The liar looks up toward it, hoping against hope that the voices in his head have told him the truth. — Aleksandar Hemon

The sea lions felt it and their barking took on a tone and a cadence that would have gladdened the heart of St. Francis. Little girls — John Steinbeck

some lipstick on his dipstick?" I — Sarina Bowen

Do not allow your daughters to be taught letters by a man, though he be a St. Paul or St. Francis of Assissium. The saints are in Heaven. — Alphonsus Liguori

A book is a book is a book. — Maurice Sendak

When I have a problem, I write it down and ask St Joseph to sleep on it — Pope Francis

We don't shoot somebody soon, I'm gonna forget how — Dave Barry

If you're going to say the Jesus Prayer, at least say it to Jesus, and not to St. Francis and Seymour and Heidi's grandfather all wrapped up in one. — J.D. Salinger

Hearts don't break. They just stop working. An old watch from another time and no parts to fix it. — Nicola Yoon

False world, thou ly'st: thou canst not lend The least delight: Thy favours cannot gain a friend, They are so slight. — Francis Quarles

Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success. — Oscar Wilde

I've had the sort of day that would make St. Francis of Assisi kick babies. — Douglas Adams

Are wars anything but the means whereby a nation is nourished, whereby it is strengthened, whereby it is buttressed? — Marquis De Sade

What hurts is not being homosexual, but they tell it in your face as if you were a plague. — Chavela Vargas

What is a saint supposed to do, if not convert wolves? — Umberto Eco

What St. Francis and St. Dominic have done, that, by God's grace, I will do. — Saint Ignatius

Did St. Francis preach to the birds? Whatever for? If he really liked birds he would have done better to preach to the cats. — Rebecca West

Praised be my Lord, for our sister water.
St. Francis of Assisi,
Canticle of the Sun — Francis Of Assisi

Who we are is really defined by the work we put out. — David Berkowitz

It's the strange world.'
'The strangest. — Stephenie Meyer

Go on to your sunny, bright future," Henry said in a quiet voice. "I won't be there. — Heather Davis

Actual violence has no attraction for me at all. — Jane Campion

Three highballs, and I think I'm St. Francis of Assisi. — Dorothy Parker

The only really Christian art is that which, like St. Francis, does not fear being wedded to poverty. This rises far above art-as-ornament. — Andre Gide

One cannot imagine St. Francis of Assisi talking about rights. — Simone Weil

But whoso is heroic will always find crises to try his edge. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I think the Lord's Prayer is a very powerful prayer. And the prayer of St. Francis. — Dennis Kucinich

I've got a statue of St. Francis in my front yard, and I'm not even a practicing Catholic. — Michael Keaton

Bring a raincoat, definitely ... or at Least a little umbrella that can fit in your bag, because it always does rain. — Gwyneth Paltrow

The slow pace of our perfection has to be borne with patience, provided that on our part we always do whatever we can to continue advancing. — St. Francis De Sales

We were now arrived at the close of our solitary journeyings along the St. Joseph's trail. — Francis Parkman