Children may be born angels, but with all the temptations out there in the world, it takes work to try to keep them that way.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
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 only.
It is by suffering that human beings become angels.
You know, bad people, I've never seen bad people have angels.
I'm attached to my children with whatever flaws they have, and if some glorious angel broke through the living room ceiling and offered to exchange them for other, better children, I'd cling to my kids and pray away this specter.
Children are the keys of paradise.
Children are apt to live up to what you believe of them.
If I were surrounded by angels who were purely rational and had no inclinations at all, I couldn't do anything for them. I couldn't make them happy; I couldn't make them sad, I would be entirely useless as a moral agent.
Angels are like diamonds. They can't be made, you have to find them. Each one is unique.
People who act like angels ought to have angels to deal with.
Children are like little angels - there's no way you can't love them.