Keep a clear eye toward life's end. Do not forget your purpose and destiny as God's creature. What you are in his sight is what you are and nothing more. Remember that when you leave this earth, you can take nothing that you have received...but only what you have given; a full heart enriched by honest service, love, sacrifice, and courage.

Francis of Assisi (Italian: San Francesco d'Assisi born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone but nicknamed Francesco ("the Frenchman") by his father 1181/1182 – October 3 1226) was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. ISBN 978-1-57659-127-7
Saint Francis of Assisi by John R. Main writings

Canticum Fratris Solis or Laudes Creaturarum Canticle of the Sun.

Peter's Basilica. He lived the high-spirited life typical of a wealthy young man even fighting as a soldier for Assisi. Francis of Assisi (Italian: San Francesco d'Assisi born Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone but nicknamed Francesco ("the Frenchman") by his father 1181/1182 – October 3 1226) was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher.