Top 35 Roma Downey Quotes (2024 Update)

1. “Between stimulus and response, there is a space, and when you take time to pray or make a cuppa, you don’t have to live in reaction to a situation.”

— Roma Downey

2. “I think we all do have a guardian angel. I believe they work through us all the time, when we are thoughtful and good and kind to each other.”

— Roma Downey

3. “The Beatles were right. All you need is love. Love makes a family, not DNA or background. Love. Just love. Simply love.”

— Roma Downey

4. “I have a home in Salt Lake, and I have a home in Malibu, at the beach.”

— Roma Downey

5. “I love to be by the ocean and have always done my best thinking by the sea. The ebb and flow is like a brain massage and very calming. I am also inspired by seeing kindness in others. It touches me and reminds me to be kind as well.”

— Roma Downey

6. “I have morning prayers and a nighttime reflection. I also read the Bible daily.”

— Roma Downey

7. “What is free time? I’m a single mother. My free moments are filled with loving my little girl.”

— Roma Downey

8. “I lost my mother when I was very young, and my father when I was in college.”

— Roma Downey

9. “If you have donated, these children may never know your name, but they will never forget your kindness.”

— Roma Downey

10. “I pray. I try to find space to process with a walk on the beach, a hike in the hills. Nature is restorative. I also try not to overreact. I grew up in Ireland, and we are big tea drinkers, and I think it’s less about the tea itself and more about the ritual and the moment to prepare.”

— Roma Downey

11. “I also know how to ask people for money and I have no shame about doing that.”

— Roma Downey

12. “I’d love to do some bedtime stories for kids or that kind of thing. But with the demands of the shooting schedule and balancing the demands of being a single mother, it’s a wonder you can squeeze in anything.”

— Roma Downey

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13. “Catholics Come Home inspires each of us to share God’s love with others, in order to help change the world for the better, for eternity!”

— Roma Downey

14. “I’ve found that it is in those very moments of darkness that God can come in. In the dark is when His light can shine the brightest. For when we are struggling, unable to hold it all together, is when we surrender. And that is when He can finally pick us up and carry us.”

— Roma Downey

15. “There is a holiness about your tears. Each one is a prayer that only God can understand. KATHE WUNNENBURG.”

— Roma Downey

16. “For life to be meaningful, you must have a challenge.”

— Roma Downey

17. “We must let go of the life we have planned, so as to accept the one that is waiting for us. JOSEPH CAMPBELL.”

— Roma Downey

18. “I’m the youngest of six children; both of my sisters are housewives and they each have four kids.”

— Roma Downey

19. “People are hungry for stories of faith. People are hungry for hope.”

— Roma Downey

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20. “I grew up in Ireland, and the ocean was never more than an arm’s length away. As lovely as the mountains are and as friendly as the people of Utah are, I feel a bit landlocked here.”

— Roma Downey

21. “The redemption of our losses doesn’t make the pain go away; it doesn’t mean the loss didn’t happen. But it does mean that, in even the darkest moment, there can be light again.”

— Roma Downey

22. “I think Operation Smile is in more than 22 countries, mostly Third World. It just happened that my schedule opened up at the time they were heading to Vietnam.”

— Roma Downey

23. “I have been a spokesperson for Operation Smile for twenty years helping children with facial deformities. I also have worked with a children’s mission called Compassion International. Both are doing amazing work for the children of the world.”

— Roma Downey

24. “We’re looking for the stories of positivity, encouragement, and hope more and more. The reminders that despite it all there is still good in the world. That there are wonderful people doing amazing things.”

— Roma Downey

25. “I have the soul of a singer and do splendidly in the shower but the world will never hear it. Basically, I’m the only Irish person who can’t carry a tune.”

— Roma Downey

26. “This is the essence of faith, isn’t it? To keep hold of the knowledge that this isn’t the end, that there is a promise of heaven, that God can redeem even the most difficult circumstances.”

— Roma Downey

27. “Touched by an Angel’ started my calling to be the messenger, and on a weekly basis, I was able to deliver the message of God’s love to the world.”

— Roma Downey

28. “Having played an angel for so long, you can imagine that I’ve been asked to endorse any number of causes over the years. Obviously I have to limit my participation with any charity, so I decided to really concentrate on my love of children.”

— Roma Downey

29. “Jessica Simpson is the youth ambassador for Operation Smile, and an episode of The Apprentice featured a team managing a charity concert she put on. Donald Trump came on stage and pledged a donation.”

— Roma Downey

30. “If I can steal away and read something other than what I have to for my work, it’s restorative.”

— Roma Downey

31. “I was reading through endless junk scripts that were being sent my way. Typically the roles were to play his wife or his girlfriend – leading roles for women were few and far between.”

— Roma Downey

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32. “Let’s make noise for the good guys.”

— Roma Downey

33. “I have always loved the expression it’s better to light a candle than curse the darkness because it’s about hope.”

— Roma Downey

34. “It is tradition in Ireland that you’re given money for your first communion.”

— Roma Downey

35. “A smile costs about $240.”

— Roma Downey