Pope Francis Quotes

I'm a Christian man that lives it every day, believing somebody will look and live by example.

If we live the faith in our daily life, then our work too becomes a chance to spread the joy of being a Christian.

We recognize a tree by its fruit, and we ought to be able to recognize a Christian by his action. The fruit of faith should be evident in our lives, for being a Christian is more than making sound professions of faith. It should reveal itself in practical and visible ways. Indeed it is better to keep quiet about our beliefs, and live them out, than to talk eloquently about what we believe, but fail to live by it.

The juice goes out of Christianity when it becomes too based on faith rather than on living like Jesus or seeing the world as Jesus saw it.

The Christian's life should put his minister's sermon in print.

Religion is doing; a man does not merely think his religion or feel it, he lives his religion as much as he is able, otherwise it is not religion but fantasy or philosophy.

Because we call ourselves Christians, our actions need to reflect Christ.

We modern Christians are long on talk and short on conduct.

How is God's name hallowed among us? When both our doctrine and living are truly Christian.

As Christians living in changing times, we must keep three things open: our heads, our hearts, and our Bibles.

Faith and works are necessary to our spiritual life as Christians, as soul and body are to our natural life as men; for faith is the soul of religion, and works the body.

The true Christian is a communicator.

A tree may always be known by its fruit, and a true Christian may always be discovered by their habits, tastes & affections.

Sheldon Vanauken wrote that the strongest argument for Christianity is Christians, when they are drawing life from God. The strongest argument against Christianity? Also Christians, when they become exclusive, self-righteous, and complacent.

It appears that too many Christians want to enjoy the thrill of feeling right but are not willing to endure the inconvenience of being right.

A true Christian, living an obedient life, is a constant rebuke to those who accept the moral standards of this world.

A true life is at once interpreter and proof of the gospel.

You have not really learned a commandment until you have obeyed it. The Church suffers today from Christians who know volumes more than they practice.

It is right, therefore, that we not just be called Christians, but that we actually be Christians.

A life contemplating the blessings of Christ becomes a life acting the love of Christ.

I can conceive of no greater, more romantic and interesting adventure than to undertake to live like Jesus in this complicated day.

We cannot be Christians part-time. If Christ is at the center of our lives, he is present in all that we do.

CHRISTIAN LIVING MOVES from what God has freely done for us in Christ to what we should freely do for others.

If, therefore, a man will so live as to show that he feels and believes the most fundamental doctrines of Christianity, he must live above the world.

Too many Christians live their Christian lives inside their heads; it never gets out through hands and feet and lips.