25 Archangel Michael Quotes About The Famous Archangel

By Stephanie Kirby | Published June 12, 2023

If you want to learn more about God’s angels, these Archangel Michael quotes are perfect.

The Archangel Michael is also referred to as Saint Michael the Archangel and Saint Michael the Taxiarch.

Michael is mentioned in Christianity, Islam, and Judaism.

One of his first mentions is in Jewish works from the 2nd century BC.

Michael is important in the end times because the book of Revelation, in the 12th chapter, tells of Archangel Michael leading a host of angels to victory over Satan and his demons.

Although God is the ultimate leader in the battle against Satan, Michael is a crucial leader of the Angels.

Take a look at these Archangel Michael quotes to learn more about the leader of the Angels.

Archangel Michael Quotes About Michael

As a well-known archangel of God, Michael is often spoken about.

1. “Michael was for the offensive.” — Anatole France

2. “The archangel Michael took supreme command.” — Anatole France

3. “So much the fear, of Thunder and the Sword of Michael, wrought still within them:” — John Milton

4. “And Gabriel’s the breath of His command, but Saint Michael is the sword in God’s right hand.” — Joyce Kilmer

5. “Gabriel before me, Raphael behind me, Michael to my right, Uriel on my left side. In the circle of fire.” — Kate Bush

6. “Somehow I am necessary for His purposes, as necessary in my place as an Archangel in his.” — John Henry Newman

7. “Mike is a man like the rest of us. A superior man admittedly — a lesser man taught the things the Martians know, might have set himself up as a pipsqueak god.” — Robert A. Heinlein

8. “The battle against the Devil, which is the principal task of Saint Michael the Archangel, is still being fought today because the Devil is still alive and active in the world.” — Pope John Paul II

9. “And the angel’s body was bared, and he was clothed in light so that eye could not look on him; and his voice grew louder, as though it came not from him but from heaven above.” — Leo Tolstoy

10. “With impassive gaze, Michael, prince of warriors, measured the extent of the disaster, and his keen intelligence penetrated its causes. The armies of the living God had taken the offensive, but by one of those fatalities in war which disconcert the plans of the greatest captains, the enemy had also taken the offensive, and the effect was evident.” — Anatole France

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Archangel Michael Quotes From The Bible

Enjoy these quotes about the archangel Michael straight from God’s Word.

11. “An angel from heaven appeared to him and strengthened him.” — Luke 22:43

12. “But first I will tell you what is written in the Book of Truth. (No one supports me against them except Michael, your prince.” — Daniel 10:21

13. “The Son of Man will send out his angels, and they will weed out of his kingdom everything that causes sin and all who do evil.” — Matthew 13:41

14. “Then war broke out in heaven. Michael and his angels fought against the dragon, and the dragon and his angels fought back.” — Revelation 12:7

15. “But even the archangel Michael, when he was disputing with the devil about the body of Moses, did not himself dare to condemn him for slander but said, ‘The Lord rebuke you!’” — Jude 1:9

16. “But the prince of the Persian kingdom resisted me twenty-one days. Then Michael, one of the chief princes, came to help me because I was detained there with the king of Persia.” — Daniel 10:13

17. “For the Lord himself will come down from heaven, with a loud command, with the voice of the archangel and with the trumpet call of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.” — 1 Thessalonians 4:16

Archangel Michael Quotes About Archangels

Take a look at these quotes about archangels.

18. “The divine life is the spirit in everything that exists, from the atom to the archangel; the grain of dust could not be were God absent from it.” — Annie Besant

19. “There are nine orders of angels, to wit, angels, archangels, virtues, powers, principalities, dominations, thrones, cherubim, and seraphim.” — Billy Graham

20. “The trouble with fulfilling your ambitions is you think you will be transformed into some sort of archangel, and you’re not. You still have to wash your socks.” — Louis de Bernieres

21. “The man, who has seen the rising moon break out of the clouds at midnight, has been present like an archangel at the creation of light and of the world.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

22. “Neither angel, nor archangel, nor yet even the Lord Himself (who alone can say “I am with you”), can, when we have sinned, release us unless we bring repentance with us.” — Ambrose

23. “How shall we celebrate the day, when God appeared in mortal clay, the mark of worldly scorn; when the Archangel’s heavenly lays, attempted the Redeemer’s Praise, and hail’d Salvation’s Morn!” — Thomas Chatterson

24. “On Earth, we really only deal with two types of angels: the angels, or guardian angels, who are closest to us, and the archangels, who are the managers of the guardian angels. Archangel Michael is a well-known example of an archangel.” — Doreen Virtue

25. “I am a Bible Christian, and if an archangel with a wingspread as broad as a constellation shining like the sun were to come and offer me some new truth, I’d ask him for a reference. If he could not show me where it is found in the Bible, I would bow him out and say, ‘I’m awfully sorry, you don’t bring any references with you.’” — A.W. Tozer