Grant me the treasure of sublime poverty: permit the distinctive sign of our order to be that it does not possess anything of its own beneath the sun, for the glory of your name, and that it have no other patrimony than begging.
Francis of Assisi

For it is in giving that we receive.
Francis of Assisi

If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
Francis of Assisi

Preach the Gospel at all times and when necessary use words.
Francis of Assisi

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

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.
Francis of Assisi

I have been all things unholy. If God can work through me, he can work through anyone.
Francis of Assisi

It is no use walking anywhere to preach unless our walking is our preaching.
Francis of Assisi