Francis of Assisi

"Start by doing what's necessary; then do what's possible; and suddenly you are doing the impossible."

"It is in giving that we receive."

"Lord, make me an instrument of your peace."

"Where there is charity and wisdom, there is neither fear nor ignorance."

"All the darkness in the world cannot extinguish the light of a single candle."

"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."

"Blessed are those who are at peace within themselves, for all the world will be at peace with them."

"Do not be afraid to pray, to ask God for things."

"The deeds you do may be the only sermon some persons will ever hear."

"Let us be kind to one another and to all creatures, and we shall find peace."

"God has given me the ability to perceive in nature a divine beauty."

"Preach the Gospel at all times. When necessary, use words."

"Nothing is truly ours till we share it."

"The test of the spirits is love."

"Peace is not the absence of conflict, but the presence of justice."

"To love another person is to see the face of God."

"Treasure the love you receive above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished."

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

"For it is in giving that we receive, in pardoning that we are pardoned."

"What you are looking for is what is looking."

"Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing that you have received—only what you have given."

"Above all, the weapons of the Christian are not carnal but spiritual."

"Take away the love and you will take away the laws."

"A single sunbeam is enough to drive away many shadows."

"Be who you were created to be, and you will set the world on fire."

"The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want."

"Every creature is a word of God."

"Poverty of spirit is the beginning of all goodness."

"The greatest deeds are done by those who give themselves wholly to God."

"We are called to serve not from obligation but from love."