A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase.
—Indian Proverb
Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
—Thomas Paine (1737–1809) American Nationalist, Author, Pamphleteer, Inventor
Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth unseen, both when we sleep and when we wake.
—John Milton (1608–74) English Poet, Civil Servant, Scholar, Debater
God always has an angel of help for those who are willing to do their duty.
—Theodore L. Cuyler (1822–1909) American Presbyterian Clergyman, Writer
I feel that there is an angel inside me whom I am constantly shocking.
—Jean Cocteau (1889–1963) French Poet, Playwright, Film Director
Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses the world of demonic powers, as the sun does a candle’s light.
—Billy Graham (1918–91) American Baptist Religious Leader
All that I am, or hope to be, I owe to my angel mother. I remember my mother’s prayers and they have always followed me. They have clung to me all my life.
—Abraham Lincoln (1809–65) American Head of State
Make friends with the angels, who though invisible are always with you. Often invoke them, constantly praise them, and make good use of their help and assistance in all your temporal and spiritual affairs.
—Francis de Sales (1567–1622) French Catholic Saint
All God’s angels come to us disguised.
—James Russell Lowell (1819–91) American Poet, Critic
Friends are kisses blown to us by angels.
—Unknown
The guardian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down upon us.
—Jean Paul (1763–1825) German Novelist, Philosopher
Its easy to be an angel when you are in heaven.
—Unknown
An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body for the service of Christendom and the church.
—Martin Luther (1483–1546) German Protestant Theologian
We are ne’er like angels till our passion dies.
—Thomas Dekker
This is the highest point of philosophy, to be simple and wise; this is the angelic life.
—John Chrysostom (c.347–407 CE) Archbishop of Constantinople
Angels may be very excellent sort of folk in their own way, but we, poor mortals in our present state, would probably find them precious slow company.
—Jerome K. Jerome (1859–1927) English Humorous Writer, Novelist, Playwright
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free.
—Michelangelo (1475–1564) Italian Painter, Sculptor, Architect, Poet, Engineer
Even a band of angels can turn ugly and start looting if enough angels are unemployed and hanging around the Pearly Gates convinced that all the succubi own all the liquor stores in Heaven.
—P. J. O’Rourke (1947–2022) American Journalist, Political Satirist
If a man is not rising upward to be an angel, depend upon it, he is sinking downward to be a devil. He cannot stop at the beast. The most savage of men are not beasts; they are worse, a great deal worse.
—Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772–1834) English Poet, Literary Critic, Philosopher
Man was created a little lower than the angels, and has been getting lower ever since.
—Josh Billings (Henry Wheeler Shaw) (1818–85) American Humorist, Author, Lecturer
Every man contemplates an angel in his future self.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
The angels are so enamored of the language that is spoken in heaven that they will not distort their lips with the hissing and unmusical dialects of men, but speak their own, whether there be any who understand it or not.
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–82) American Philosopher
Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the utterances allowed to man is felt to be so divine. It brings us near to the Infinite.
—Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish Historian, Essayist
Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some have unwittingly entertained angels.
—The Holy Bible Scripture in the Christian Faith
We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another.
—Luciano De Crescenzo (b.1928) Italian Writer, Film Actor, Director, Engineer
The reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly.
—G. K. Chesterton (1874–1936) English Journalist, Novelist, Essayist, Poet
The soul at its highest is found like God, but an angel gives a closer idea of Him. That is all an angel is: an idea of God.
—Meister Eckhart (c.1260–1327) German Christian Mystic
The Angels were all singing out of tune, and hoarse with having little else to do, excepting to wind up the sun and moon or curb a runaway young star or two.
—Lord Byron (George Gordon Byron) (1788–1824) English Romantic Poet
Were we as eloquent as angels we still would please people much more by listening rather than talking.
—Charles Caleb Colton (c.1780–1832) English Clergyman, Aphorist
How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porch light on?
—Tom Waits (b.1949) American Singer, Songwriter, Actor
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