Top 1200 Saint Francis Quotes & Sayings - Page 3

It's pretty much what a lot of committed Catholics are making of [Pope Francis]. They're thrilled, they're refreshed, they think it's a breath of fresh air.

I love Francis Bacon. I just saw a great Jackson Pollock exhibit at the Dallas Museum when I was home for Thanksgiving.

Like dear St. Francis of Assisi I am wedded to Poverty: but in my case the marriage is not a success.

Preachers are not sermon makers, but men makers and saint makers, and he only is well-trained for this business who has made himself a man and a saint. It is not great talents nor great learning nor great preachers that God needs, but men great in holiness, great in faith, great in love, great in fidelity, great for God - men always preaching by holy sermons in the pulpit, by holy lives out of it. These can mold a generation for God.

[Pope Francis] has felt the mercy of God in his own life and wants to share that experience with others.

[Pope Francis] lashed out against what he called malevolent resistance to his reforms.

At one congressional hearing, Bishop Francis Kalabat complained that administration officials are overlooking what's happening to his fellow Chaldean Christians.

It is fascinating to see how much Pope Francis relies on the work of the bishops in the Synods.

Rarely has a new player on the world stage captured so much attention so quickly - young and old, faithful and cynical - as has Pope Francis.

It is my hope that Pope Francis realizes his time is better spent focusing on matters like religious tolerance and the sanctity of all life.

When I read the documents relative to the Modernism, as it was defined by Saint Pius X, and when I compare them to the documents of the II Vatican Council, I cannot help being bewildered. For what was condemned as heresy in 1906 was proclaimed as what is and should be from now on the doctrine and method of the Church. In other words, the modernists of 1906 were, somewhat, precursors to me. My masters were part of them. My parents taught me Modernism. How could Saint Pius X reject those that now seem to be my precursors?

[Pope Francis] is 78 years old and knows that his will be a short pontificate.

I'm far from a saint.

I am a count, not a saint.

Francis Ford Coppola is completely unconventional. He has a strong sense of loyalty. Great eyes. It's a diabolical undertaking in terms of organization and leadership.

It is so beautifully ironic that St. Francis - the great lover of animals - is now a pigeon's target in countless yards.

I'm definitely not a saint.

Francis Galton, whose mission it seems to be to ride other men's hobbies to death, has invented the felicitous expression 'structureless germs'.

St. Francis of Assisi taught me that there is a wound in the Creation and that the greatest use we could make of our lives was to ask to be made a healer of it.

I did my first film with Francis Ford Copploa, which spoiled the hell out of me.

I can remember in the early 60s that there were a couple of really dynamic women performers at the time - Brenda Lee, there was Connie Francis.

At Tenafly High, I was lucky to have some dedicated teachers; I'm especially indebted to my calculus instructor, Francis Piersa, who opened my eyes to the striking beauty of mathematics.

Pope Francis might turn out to be one of the most popular figures in the world today.

I'm really encouraged by Pope Francis, because I think his attitude is totally laudable.

I can say with total conviction that it was the Holy Spirit that chose, guided the election of Pope Francis.

At St. Francis de Sales in Atlanta, we do not have an organ. We do not have rehearsals during the week. We do not have a professional choir.

We've heard some things from Pope Francis that are not fully supportive of free enterprise capitalism. That should be a problem from an American perspective.

(Francis) Bacon's best known writings are his essays. They are loved for many reasons, such as their being so short.

If I go to Italy, I will certainly request to meet with Pope Francis, whom I admire very much.

Pope Francis is going to go to Washington, D.C., to address Congress. He believes the New England Patriots have been deflating his giant hat.

The process of my transformation came to a head with my discovery of St. Francis of Assisi during a pilgrimage I went on with a scout troop from my school.

...Francis Galton, founder of the eugenics (master race) movement which continues today under the heading of 'population control'.

To be a saint is to be yourself.

Today, Angelina Jolie met with Pope Francis at the Vatican. Long story short: She adopted him.

The usual Republican suspects lined up to side with Trump, chastizing Pope Francis for insinuating that the candidate isn't Christian.

To be a saint is to will the one thing.

At lunch Francis [Crick] winged into the Eagle to tell everyone within hearing distance that we had found the secret of life.

but do i need to say anything?" sophie asked. "do i need to learn any words?" "like what?" saint-germain said. "well, when you lit up the eiffel tower, you said something that sounded like eggness" "ignis" the count said. "latin for fire. no, you don't need to say anything." "then why did you do it, then?" sophie asked. saint-germain grinned. "i just thought it sounded cool.

I think that no one roiled American politics and sort of scrambled the left/right dynamic more 2015 year than Pope Francis.

My father was a saint. I'm not.

A saint belongs to all humanity.

The world, more suffering than sinning, turns toward Pope Francis as in a conversation people turn to the person who is making sense of things.

I'm an angel not a frickin' saint.

Your half-caff double vanilla latte is getting cold over here, Francis.

I did a film called 'The Escape Artist' for Francis Coppola. I had the title role.

I love Disclosure. Dillon Francis. Bauuer. Flosstradamus. I listen to a lot of different genres.

I'm no saint.

Such a Saint, such an offering.

Virtues are in the middle, the royal way about which the saintly elder (Saint Basil the Great) said, "Travel on the royal way and count the miles." As I said, the virtues are at the midpoint between excess and laxness. That is why it is written, "Do not turn to the right or the left" (Prov 4:27) but travel on the "royal way" (Num. 20:17). Saint Basil also says, "The person who does not allow his thoughts to incline towards excess or deprivation but directs it to the midpoint, that of virtue, is upright in heart."

I'm a huge admirer of Pope Francis and everything he stands for. I think he's an incredibly connected spiritual and authentic being.

A footballer isn't a devil or a saint.

I'm hardly a saint.

The stability and peace which seemed to be so firmly established by the brilliant monarchy of Francis I vanished with the terrible outbreak of the Wars of Religion.

Pope Francis also I think was really pivotal in sort of sanctioning and giving that important cosign to the opening of Cuba.

I'm no saint but I do believe in what is right.

I think [Pope] Francis intends to forge ahead with his reform agenda.

I did my first film with Francis Ford Copploa which spoiled the hell out of me.

It's hard to be a saint in the city.

Pope Francis is not the first religious leader who has endorsed evolution and the Big Bang, but he is certainly one of the most influential.

What does he [Pope Francis] mean, "Who am I to judge?" People think he's fantastic, but they also wonder how some of these pieces fit.