Some Angel Quotes for you :)
Angels have no philosophy but love. ~Terri Guillemets
Flowers have spoken to me more than I can tell in written words. They are the hieroglyphics of angels, loved by all men for the beauty of the character, though few can decipher even fragments of their meaning. ~Lydia M. Child
Music is well said to be the speech of angels. ~Thomas Carlyle
The golden moments in the stream of life rush past us and we see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone. ~George Elliot
The reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly. ~G.K. Chesterton, "Orthodoxy"
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
Be an angel to someone else whenever you can, as a way of thanking God for the help your angel has given you. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
It is not because angels are holier than men or devils that makes them angels, but because they do not expect holiness from one another, but from God alone. ~William Blake
It is not known precisely where angels dwell — whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode. ~Voltaire
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
Angels descending, bring from above,
Echoes of mercy, whispers of love.
~Fanny J. Crosby
We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. ~Luciano de Crescenzo
Life is a tapestry: We are the warp; angels, the weft; God, the weaver. Only the Weaver sees the whole design. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
Philosophy will clip an angel's wings. ~John Keats
All God's angels come to us disguised. ~James Russell Lowell
God not only sends special angels into our lives, but sometimes He even sends them back again if we forget to take notes the first time! ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
Millions of spiritual creatures walk the earth
Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep.
~John Milton, Paradise Lost
Insight is better than eyesight when it comes to seeing an angel. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
The guardian angels of life fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down upon us. ~Jean Paul Richter
The wings of angels are often found on the backs of the least likely people. ~Eric Honeycutt
Angels fly at light speed, because they are servants of the Light. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
I guess I have never really doubted that we are all born to our guardian angel. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
I'm no angel, but I've spread my wings a bit. ~Mae West
Sometimes even the flight of an angel hits turbulence. ~Terri Guillemets
I feel that there is an angel inside me whom I am constantly shocking. ~Jean Cocteau
We're all kissed by angels but some of us never think to pucker. ~Terri Guillemets
He spake well who said that graves are the footprints of angels. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Man was created a little lower than the angels, and has been getting lower ever since. ~Josh Billings
Angels are all around us, all the time, in the very air we breathe. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
It comes down to whether you believe in seven miraculous escapes a week or one guardian angel. ~Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com
A pillow for thee will I bring,
Stuffed with down of angel's wing.
~Richard Crashaw
In Heaven an angel is nobody in particular. ~George Bernard Shaw
An angel can illuminate the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision. ~St Thomas Aquinas
When babies look beyond you and giggle, maybe they're seeing angels. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
If we were all like angels, the world would be a heavenly place. ~Author Unknown
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 their be any who understand it or not. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
If trouble hearing angels' song with thine ears, try listening with thy heart. ~Terri Guillemets
Angels shine from without because their spirits are lit from within by the light of God. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
Blossomed the lovely stars, the forget-me-nots of the angels.
~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, "Evangeline"
If a man is not rising upwards to be an angel, depend upon it, he is sinking downwards to be a devil. ~Samuel Taylor Coleridge
"... human intellectual knowledge is ordered by God
through the mediation of angels."
-St. Thomas Aquinas
"Hereafter ye shall see heaven open, and the angels of God
ascending and descending upon the Son of man."
-John 1:51
"For he shall give his angels charge over thee to keep thee in all thy ways."
- Psalms 91:11
"Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares."
- Hebrews 13:2
...All forces that reside in the body are angels."
- Moses Maimonides
The Angel that presided o'er my birth Said, "Little creature, formed of joy and mirth,
Go love without the help of any thing on earth."
- William Blake, "The Angel That Presided"
"If I have freedom in my love And in my soul I am free
Angels alone that soar above
Enjoy such liberty"
- Richard Lovelace To Althea: From Prison
"We are each of us angels with only one wing and can only fly embracing each other."
- Luciano de Crescenzo
Guardian angels God will send thee
All through the night."
- Sir Harold Boulton, "All Through the Night"
"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 Sermons
"They are everywhere --good angels--
only we do not recognize them as such.
But the tragedy is that they
are sometimes bad angels--
they are evil persons who pull us down to vice.
The world is a battlefield of angels."
-Bishop Fulton J Sheen, "Guide to Contentment"
"The feather, whence the pen was shaped That traced the lives of these good men,
Dropped from an angels wing."
- William Wordsworth, "Ecclesiastical Sonnets"
nor principalities,
nor things present, nor things to come,
nor powers,
nor height, nor depth,
nor anything else in all creation,
will be able to separate us
from the love of God
in Christ Jesus our Lord."
- Romans 8:38-39
In every Heart...awaits Your Angel. ~Michael, @WhereAngelsCome
Angels are direct creations of God, each one a unique Master's piece. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
Angels deliver Fate to our doorstep — and anywhere else it is needed. ~Jessi Lane Adams
Angels are quite ample cause to cry... ~Nicholas Gordon, poemsforfree.com
You'll meet more angels on a winding path than on a straight one. ~Terri Guillemets
Make yourself familiar with the angels, and behold them frequently in spirit; for, without being seen, they are present with you. ~St Francis of Sales
If I have freedom in my love,
And in my soul am free,
Angels alone that soar above,
Enjoy such liberty.
~Richard Lovelace
Children often have imaginary playmates. I suspect that half of them are really their guardian angels. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
Outside the open window
The morning air is all awash with angels.
~Richard Purdy Wilbur
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. ~Michelangelo
Whether we are filled with joy or grief, our angels are close to us, speaking to our hearts of God's love. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
We should pray to the angels, for they are given to us as guardians. ~St Ambrose
Around our pillows golden ladders rise,
And up and down the skies,
With winged sandals shod,
The angels come, and go, the Messengers of God!
~Richard Henry Stoddard
Angels can fly directly into the heart of the matter. ~Author Unknown
When a man dies they who survive him ask what property he has left behind. The angel who bends over the dying man asks what good deeds he has sent before him. ~The Koran
O welcome, pure-eyed Faith, white-handed Hope,
Thou hovering angel, girt with golden wings!
~John Milton, Comus
If angels rarely appear, it's because we all too often mistake the medium for the Message. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
Ever felt an angel's breath in the gentle breeze? A teardrop in the falling rain? Hear a whisper amongst the rustle of leaves? Or been kissed by a lone snowflake? Nature is an angel's favorite hiding place. ~Terri Guillemets
Angels are never too distant to hear you. ~Author Unknown
I believe we are free, within limits, and yet there is an unseen hand, a guiding angel, that somehow, like a submerged propeller, drives us on. ~Rabindranath Tagore
Let us not be justices of the peace, but angels of peace. ~Thérèse de Lisieux
When our mortal eyes close on this world for the last time, our angels open our spiritual eyes and escort us personally before the face of God. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
Angels sail back to God on the sea of joy. ~Terri Guillemets
A baby is an angel whose wings decrease as his legs increase. ~Author Unknown
The magnitude of life is overwhelming. Angels are here to help us take it peace by peace. ~Levende Waters
Angels are spiritual energy. ~Alexis Flora Hope, 2007
If you can't hear the angels, try quieting the static of worry. ~Terri Guillemets
While we are sleeping, angels have conversations with our souls. ~Author Unknown
A demon holds a book, in which are written the sins of a particular man; an Angel drops on it from a phial, a tear which the sinner had shed in doing a good action, and his sins are washed out. ~Alberic, Monk of Monte-Cassino
How wonderful it must be to speak the language of the angels, with no words for hate and a million words for love! ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
Friends are kisses blown to us by angels. ~Author Unknown
Raindrops resplendent with angels patter my head and drizzle God's love over me. Wet rejoicing abounds! ~Terri Guillemets
When we worship God, our angels add their prayers and turn our single voices into hundred-part harmony. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
Anyone can be an angel. ~Author Unknown
Angels will not disintegrate with logic, but they are more likely to fly for those who believe. ~Terri Guillemets
The angels are always near to those who are grieving, to whisper to them that their loved ones are safe in the hand of God. ~Quoted in The Angels' Little Instruction Book by Eileen Elias Freeman, 1994
An angel lost his wing,
Crooked he did fly.
~Terri Guillemets
How do the angels get to sleep when the devil leaves the porch light on? ~Tom Waits, "Mr Siegal," Heartattack and Vine (Thanks, Paula)
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