Chicken Soup for the Soul Quotes

“Sometimes God’s angel can be a big, burly man with tattooed arms. ~Mary Potter Kenyon”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“Insight is better than eyesight when it comes to seeing an angel.
-Eileen Elias Freeman,
The Angels’ Little Instruction Book”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“When the Angels arrive, the devils leave.
-Egyptian Proverb”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“Prayer enlarges the heart until it is capable of containing God’s gift of himself.
-Mother Teresa”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“Do not forget to entertain strangers, for by so doing some people have entertained angels without knowing it.
-Hebrews 13:2”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“Coincidence is God’s way of remaining anonymous.
-Albert Einstein”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“A prayer in its simplest definition is merely a wish turned Godward.
-Phillips Brooks”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“Be an angel to someone else whenever you can, as a way of thanking God for the help your angel has given you.
-Eileen Elias Freeman,
The Angels’ Little Instruction Book”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.
-Mother Teresa”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“For every mountain there is a miracle.
-Robert H. Schuller”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“But even now I know that whatever you ask of God, God will give you.
-John 11:22”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“For every soul, there is a guardian watching it.
-The Koran”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“We should pray to the angels, for they are given to us as guardians.
-St. Ambrose”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“Angels shine from without because their spirits are lit from within by the light of God.
-Eileen Elias Freeman,
The Angels’ Little Instruction Book”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“Angels are all around us, all the time, in the very air we breathe.
-Eileen Elias Freeman,
The Angels’ Little Instruction Book”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“Leave sooner, drive slower, live longer.
-Author Unknown”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“It comes down to whether you believe in seven miraculous escapes a week or one guardian angel.
-Robert Brault”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“Lost

When my exit came, I left the highway and soon locked the front door behind me as I breathed in the familiar scent of home.
I knew I would have a scary story for my parents in the morning, and I knew a cell phone would soon be coming my way.
And I will always wonder…Did I see an angel?

-Jenny Snow”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“Then you will call, and the Lord will answer; you will cry for help, and he will say: Here am I.
-Isaiah 58:9”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“We are each of us angels with only one thing,
and we can only fly by embracing one another.
-Luciano de Crescenzo”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“We are never so lost our angels cannot find us.
-Stephanie Powers”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“For your Father knows the things you have need of before you ask Him.
-Matthew 6:8”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“Faith makes things possible, not easy.
-Author Unknown”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“Cast all your anxiety on him because he cares about you.
-1 Peter 5:7”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“We trust in plumed procession
For such the angels go--
Rank after Rank, with even feet--
And uniforms of Snow.
-Emily Dickinson”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“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”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“Music is well said to be the speech of angels.
-Thomas Carlyle”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“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”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“Hark! the music of the angels
Floating onward still we hear;
Blessed music, sweetest chorus
Ever sung to mortal ear.
-Fanny Crosby, “Music of the Angels”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers

“Bandit’s Run

From behind me came a rattle of brush and then, one of the boars was on me, aiming for my neck. I fell back, and dropped the gun.
I brought my feet up to my chest and prepared to fight for my life.
Then suddenly, there was another growl. But it was a much different sound this time. It was lower than the excited half-squeals of the wild boar and it froze us all. I saw my chance and got to my feet, spotting the gun a few feet away.
As I went for it, I saw him. It was Bandit, my father’s old coonhound. He lurched through the forest, his teeth all fury, showing no fear.
I picked up the gun and ran to him.
Two boars leapt on the dog’s back, their golden eyes now green and focused. Bandit rolled, as he was taught to do.
They fell from his back and the dog was on his feet again, positioned in front of me.
I leveled the gun and aimed. I fired.
The shot was deafening in the still of night and roared up the sides of the hills, echoing through the ravine. The whole herd took off running with Bandit in hot pursuit. I called after him as I ran blindly through the woods, following the loud bawl of the old hound. I was up and over a small hill, into the next ravine. Bandit was getting farther and farther away but I kept on running, trying to keep up. Before I knew it I was in the clearing where I had first started the day, only about 100 yards from the cabin. I could hear my mother’s voice calling for me and I ran to her.
My father was at her side, already putting on his jacket to come and search for me. I hugged my mother and burst out crying, trying to explain what had happened. I could feel my father’s hand on my shoulder, he was telling me to calm down, everything was all right. I looked at him and said, “It was Bandit, Dad. He saved me. He came out of the woods, full speed, he…”
“Bandit?” my father asked. The look on his face was one of confusion and wonder. “David, Bandit’s been dead for two years now, remember? We buried him up past those two hills, by that creek bed in the ravine. It must have been another dog, son.”
I was going to tell him, tell them both, that I saw his face, I knew it was him, but something told me not to. As we all walked into the cabin together, I could hear a wail in the distance, coming from over the hills and down in a small ravine.
Or it could have been the wind.

-David Magill”
― Jack Canfield, Chicken Soup for the Soul: Angels Among Us: 101 Inspirational Stories of Miracles, Faith, and Answered Prayers