Angels Sayings and Quotes

Below you will find our collection of inspirational, wise, and humorous old angels quotes, angels sayings, and angels proverbs, collected over the years from a variety of sources.

Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it. Hebrews 13:2
When angels visit us, we do not hear the rustle of wings, nor feel the feathery touch of the breast of a dove; but we know their presence by the love they create in our hearts. Mary Baker Eddy
Are not all angels ministering spirits sent to serve those who will inherit salvation? Hebrews 1:14
The reason angels can fly is because they take themselves lightly. G.K. Chesterton
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! Eileen Elias Freeman
Make yourself familiar with the angels and behold them frequently in spirit; for without being seen, they are present with you. St. Francis de Sales
Angels are sent to bring us messages from God's heart. Charles Hunter
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 are all around us, all the time, in the very air we breathe. Eileen Elias Freeman
Angels are inseparable friends, who bring strength and consolation to those who include them in their lives. In truth, Angels are our best friends. Janice T. Connell
Angels are intelligent reflections of light, that original light which has no beginning. They can illuminate. They do not need tongues or ears, for they can communicate without speech, in thought. John Of Damascus
Angels have no philosophy but love. Terri Guillemets
Angels encourage us by guiding us onto a path that will lead to happiness and hope. Andy Lakey
Angels represent God's personal care for each one of us. Andrew M. Greeley
O passing angel, speed me with a song, a melody of heaven to reach my heart and rouse me to the race and make me strong. Christina Georgina Rossetti
All God's angels come to us disguised. James Russell Lowell
Angels are messengers, but sometimes we misunderstand their language. Linda Solegato
Angels shine from without because their spirits are lit from within by the light of God. Eileen Elias Freeman
An angel can illuminate the thought and mind of man by strengthening the power of vision, and by bringing within his reach some truth which the angel himself contemplates. St Thomas Aquinas
The Lord will command his angels to take good care of you. They will lift you up in their hands. Then you won't trip over a stone. The Bible
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
Angels descending, bring from above, echoes of mercy, whispers of love. Fanny J. Crosby
Pride ruined the angels. Ralph Waldo Emerson
All God's angels come to us disguised. James Russell Lowell
The gaurdian angels of life sometimes fly so high as to be beyond our sight, but they are always looking down upon us. Jean Paul Richter
Angels represent God's personal care for each one of us. Andrew Greeley
An angel is a spiritual creature created by God for the service of Christendom and the church. Martin Luther King, Jr.
The angels are the dispensers and administrators of the divine beneficence toward us; they regard our safety, undertake our defense, direct our ways, and exercise a constant solicitude that no evil befall us. John Calvin
Music is well said to be the speech of angels. Thomas Carlyle
But if these beings guard you, they do so because they have been summoned by your prayers. Saint Ambrose
Angels are visible to those who accept the light and break the pact made with darkness. Paulo Coelho
We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. Luciano De Crescenzo
Angels appear in many different forms to hold your hand through the difficult times. Doreen Virtue
It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels. Saint Augustine
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
If instead of a gem, or even a flower, we should cast the gift of a loving thought into the heart of a friend, that would be giving as the angels give. John Of Damascus
Every visible thing in this world is put in the charge of an angel. Saint Augustine
Gratitude is our most direct line to God and the angels. Terry Taylor
I saw the angel in the marble and carved until I set him free. Michelangelo
The air up there in the clouds is very pure and fine, bracing and delicious. And why shouldn't it be? It is the same the angels breathe. Mark Twain
You're in the arms of the Angels. May you find some comfort here. Sarah McLachlan
Angels are spirits, but it is not because they are spirits that they are angels. They become angels when they are sent. For the name angel refers to their office, not their nature. You ask the name of this nature, it is spirit, you ask its office, it is that of an Angel, which is a messenger. Saint Augustine
Everything that we see is a shadow cast by that which we do not see. Martin Luther King
Beside each believer stands an Angel as protector and shepherd, leading him to life. Saint Basil
The angels stand between us and God, but they are translucent, even transparent, and they beckon us to penetrate their luminosity. Peter Wilson
Outside the open window The morning air is all awash with angels. Richard Wilbur
Angels transcend every religion, every philosophy, every creed. In fact Angels have no religion as we know it. Their existence precedes every religious system that has ever existed on Earth. Thomas Aquinas
If men were angels, no government would be necessary. James Madison
Everything we call a trial, a sorrow, or a duty, believe me, that angel's hand is there. Giovanni Giocondo
An angel is a spiritual creature created by God without a body, for the service of Christendom and of the church. Martin Luther King
Angels are not merely forms of extraterrestrial intelligence. They are forms of extra-cosmic intelligence. Mortimer Adler
All forces that reside in the body are angels. Maimonides
Better the devil you know than the angel you don't. Hama Tuma
In heaven an angel is nobody in particular. George Bernard Shaw
Trust no friend without faults, and love a woman, but no angel. Doris Lessing
The angels as the guardians of men are set over men as instructors and monitors. This shows the relationship that is to exist between them. Man's attitude is to be one of obedience and subjection. He is to follow the lead of the angels, and consequently some reverence is already implied in the very relationship that exists between man and angel. Tertullian
Death makes angels of us all and gives us wings where we had shoulders smooth as raven's claws. Jim Morrison
While mortals sleep, the angels keep their watch of wondering love. Phillips Brooks
Angels can fly because they take themselves lightly. Gilbert K. Chesterton
God always has an angel of help for those who are willing to do their duty. Theodore L. Cuyler