Mother Angelica Quotes

If falling into desperation worked to make things better, then I would say, 'Let's all jump into despair.' But it doesn't help. The only way to truly find meaning and fulfillment is to look at the disaster, the pain, the difficulty, and know with complete certainty that good can come from this.

I keep my ideals, because in spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart.

Great and good are seldom the same man.

No matter what happens, I feel very good about the future.

I still have great faith in what is good and right in all of us.

In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can't build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery and death.

'Everything happens for a reason' is something that we have to tell ourselves all the time, because it's good to have the idea that something good is around the corner.

Virtues, like essences, lose their fragrance when exposed.

Stanley didn't shy away from true humanity or from the ugliness that all people are capable of.

I am an optimist. I think, as bad as life sometimes gets, there is so much joy and so much good stuff, that there is a balance.

Despite everything, I believe that people are really good at heart.

I have a disproportionate amount of faith in the goodness of the world and that everything will actually work out okay.

I, for one, am actually still incredibly idealistic, and I still can credibly or very strongly believe that you have to keep fighting for what you believe in, because it's only when you stop that you've truly lost.

Look, even bad years are pretty good years I think.

Hope springs eternal in the human breast: Man never is, but always to be blest.

I'm naturally an optimist, but my basis for hope is rooted in my understanding of human nature.

God grant me the courage not to give up what I think is right even though I think it is hopeless.

My version, of course, is not this flag-waving, let's all get on the Jesus train and ride out of hell. I'm not that kind of guy. It's an embrace that life is good, worth living and yeah, it's not easy, but there are more pluses than minuses.

I was brought up a Catholic, so I suppose I have to believe in the goodness of human beings. I think we're not so bad after all.

The virtues, like the Muses, are always seen in groups. A good principle was never found solitary in any breast.

You choose to be happy, and in life we have as many good days as bad days. I try to find and record those songs that pull you through the bad days, and keep you believing that the good days are just around the corner.

So, instead, I try to put in light and hope for the best.

I always was and always will be optimistic.

It's just a part of our nature to hope.

I may be an optimist.