Francis of Assisi Quotes

Always think of yourself as everyone's servant.

True love is quiescent, except in the nascent moments of true humility.

The Savior was selfless. He viewed himself and his own needs as secondary, and he ministered to others tirelessly, lovingly, effectively.

The only way you can serve God is by serving other people.

The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.

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

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

True greatness is devoting all my energy to becoming a servant and not getting upset when I am treated like one.

Lord, grant that I might not so much seek to be loved as to love.

I didn't want readers to think I was asking to be praised for taking care of my wife while she was ill. Lots of people are heroic, more heroic than I was, when faced with the suffering of someone they love.

Whoever loves becomes humble. Those who love have, so to speak, pawned a part of their narcissism.

The dedicated life is worth living. You must give with your whole heart.

Show me your hands. Do they have scars from giving? Show me your feet. Are they wounded in service? Show me your heart. Have you left a place for divine love?

Our calling is not primarily to be holy women, but to work for God and for others with Him.

After the verb 'to Love', 'to Help' is the most beautiful verb in the world.

Let no rank puff up anyone; for faith and love are paramount - the greatest blessings in the world.

I will serve the people in a very humble way.

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

Love is the motivating principle by which the Lord leads us along the way towards becoming like Him, our perfect example. Our way of life, hour by hour, must be filled with the love of God and love for others. There is no surprise in that, since the Lord proclaimed those as the first and great commandments.

I think of Pope Gregory the Great. He wanted the cloister. He wanted to pray and study, and yet he was thrust into this administrative job, and he submitted to that. And in that submission, he became a great leader. You could say that the only person who is safe to lead is the person who is free to submit.

If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself, is beloved of none but itself. Humility enforces where neither virtue, nor strength, nor reason can prevail.

I know that if I concentrate on making other people shine, I will shine. It is really about the other person, never about you.

The Savior will let you feel the love He feels for those you serve. The call is an invitation to become like Him.

Character is made of duty and love and sympathy, and, above all, of living and working for others.

Mother Teresa was the very embodiment of saintliness: white-clad, sad-eyed, ascetic and often photographed with the wretched of the earth.