“The Book of Mormon is no fake. I know what I know. I have seen what I have seen and I have heard what I have heard. I have seen the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon is written. An angel appeared to me and others and testified to the truthfulness of the record, and had I been willing to have perjured myself and sworn falsely to the testimony I now bear I could have been a rich man, but I could not have testified other than I have done and am now doing for these things are true.” KnowsMenHas BeensBookDoneRichRecordsWrittenHeardWillingBearsAngelGoldFakePlatesTestimonyCould Have BeenTruthfulnessRich Man Author:Martin Harris
“To those who are willing to believe, no explanation of these events is necessary...and to those who are not willing to believe, no explanation is possible.” BelieveEventsWillingAngelExplanationAngelic Author:Joan Anderson
“We're a lukewarm people for all our feast days and hard work. Not much touches us, but we long to be touched. We lie awake at night willing the darkness to part and show us a vision. Our children frighten us in their intimacy, but we make sure they grow up like us. Lukewarm like us. On a night like this, hands and faces hot, we can believe that tomorrow will show us angels in jars and that the well-known woods will suddenly reveal another path.” PeopleBelieveWellsChildrenLongHardShowsHandsFacesLyingNightGrowsKnownVisionDarknessGrowing UpPathWillingHard WorkTomorrowAngelHotOur ChildrenWoodsIntimacyAwakeTouchedWell KnownJarsLukewarmAwake At Night Author:Jeanette Winterson
“Sometimes we have the absolute certainty there's something inside us that's so hideous and monstrous that if we ever search it out we won't be able to stand looking at it. But it's when we're willing to come face to face with that demon that we face the angel.” IfsSometimesAbleFacesWillingAngelAbsolutesCertaintyDemonFace To FaceMonstrousHideousAbsolute Certainty Author:Hubert Selby, Jr.
“Angel?" I said. "Baby penguins eat a regurgitated mixture of partially digested fish, krill, and an oily substance form their fathers' stomachs. Are you willing to eat a bunch of raw fish and krill, and then barf it back up into a baby penguin's cute, cheeping mouth? Like, every hour?" Sometimes my crushing logic astounds even me.” SaidSometimesFormFatherHoursWillingBabyMouthsAngelLogicFishesBunchSubstanceCuteCrushMixturesPenguins Author:James Patterson
“If Heaven is willing to sing to us, it is little to ask that we be ready to listen.” IfsLittlesAsksHeavenWillingReadyAngel Author:Nancy Gibbs
“God always has an angel of help for those who are willing to do their duty.” HelpingWillingDutyAngelAngels On Earth Author:Theodore L. Cuyler
“God enters the world through those of us who are willing to let God participate fully in our lives.” WorldOur LivesWillingLetting GoAngel Author:Nancy Mairs