Pope Francis Quotes

The highest honor in the church is not government but service.

The Christian leader of the future is called to be completely irrelevant and to stand in this world with nothing to offer but his or her own vulnerable self. God loves us, not because of what we do or accomplish, but because God has created and redeemed us in love.

I'm here to serve God and be of service. I'm nothing; everything out here is a lot bigger than me.

...because with us what is highest must be at the service of others.

It's important if you can do good with power. And Jesus defined power, true power is to serve, to do service, to do the most humble services, and I must still make progress on this path of service because I feel that I don't do everything I should do. That's the sense I have of power.

Jesus washes the feet of the Apostles. Are we ready to serve others like this.

In the service of the Lord it is not where but how you serve.

I pray to be a good servant to God, a father, a husband, a son, a friend, a brother, an uncle, a good neighbor, a good leader to those who look up to me, a good follower to those who are serving God and doing the right thing.

I haven't written my own epitaph, and I'm not sure I should. Whatever it is, I hope it will be simple, and that it will point people not to me, but to the One I served.

I just want to be remembered as a person who loved God, who served others more than he served himself, who was trying to grow in maturity and stability.

God wants you to live for others and to live that presence well.

True strength lies in submission which permits one to dedicate his life, through devotion, to something beyond himself.

Now the only way you can serve God on earth is by serving others.

Missionaries are very human folks, just doing what they are asked. Simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt Somebody.

Give me your crown, Jesus. Give me your cross, your thorns, so that I may bleed. But give me life, because I have more to do for this country and these people.

Obviously, with my faith, too, I don't want to seem like it's all about me, me, me. It takes away from what I do for Him, for the Lord.

I'd say most definitely with my faith, there's no room for me with it. It's always about other people. It's always about loving on other people and giving praise where praise is due.

Laying my will down for Jesus was laying my life down for others.

The CrossFit games, the four-time Fittest Man on Earth isn't about me. It's about Him and the talents that I've been given. It's my way to glorify Him through what I do.

The secret to greatness is in serving everyone else.

Timothy's great value was that he was always willing to go anywhere; and in his hands a message was as safe as if Paul had delivered it himself. Others might be consumed with selfish ambition; but Timothy's one desire was to serve Paul and Jesus Christ. He is the patron saint of all those who are quite content with the second place, so long as they can serve.

The secret of joy is hidden in the word itself: first J, then O, then Y: Jesus first, Others next, Yourself last.

You know that he who would be the greatest among you must become the servant of all.

Truly great people in history never wanted to be great for themselves. All they wanted was the chance to do good for others and be close to God.

To devote your life to the good of all and to the happiness of all is religion. Whatever you do for your own sake is not religion.