Michael Daly > Quotes

“… I keep thinking my fear is lessening but there is still so much there… Lord, be with all of us here, especially keep your eye on me right now—hold me tight. Don’t let me do anything foolish…”
― Michael Daly, The Book of Mychal: The Surprising Life and Heroic Death of Father Mychal Judge

“And all that we know for sure is that God gives us today. And he gives us the grace that we need today to love each other and to be at peace with each other and to forgive each other.”
― Michael Daly, The Book of Mychal: The Surprising Life and Heroic Death of Father Mychal Judge

“And to accept each other. It’s all we have.”
― Michael Daly, The Book of Mychal: The Surprising Life and Heroic Death of Father Mychal Judge

“Disorder, unpleasant in itself, breeds crime, and just as importantly, breeds the fear of crime.”
― Michael Daly, New York's Finest: Stories of the NYPD and the Hero Cops Who Saved the City

“We make our own heaven and we make our own hell.”
― Michael Daly, The Book of Mychal: The Surprising Life and Heroic Death of Father Mychal Judge

“Judge’s great delight in the Holy Land had been to see the everyday amid the sacred shrines. His great delight in New York was to see the sacred amid the everyday.”
― Michael Daly, The Book of Mychal: The Surprising Life and Heroic Death of Father Mychal Judge