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Mitch Albom Quotes

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We all yearn for what we have lost. But sometimes, we forget what we have.

We all yearn for what we have lost. But sometimes, we forget what we have.

Sometimes, Forget, Lost

Mitch Albom (2012). “The Time Keeper”, p.124, Hachette UK

When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.

Love, Heart, Gone

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.

Life, Commitment, Tuesdays With Morrie

FaceBook post by Mitch Albom from Aug 03, 2010

Nothing haunts us like the things we don't say.

Fearless, Unspoken Words, Haunting

Twitter post from Aug 05, 2013

There are two stories for every life; the one you live & the one others tell

Two, Stories

All endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.

Hard Times, Profound, Criminals

Mitch Albom (2009). “The Five People You Meet In Heaven”, p.8, Hachette UK

What you have done to this point cannot be undone. What you do next... It is still unwritten.

Done, Next, Stills

Mitch Albom (2012). “The Time Keeper”, p.108, Hachette UK

Accept who you are; and revel in it.

Confidence, Wisdom, Self Love

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.120, Broadway Books

We need to forgive ourselves. For all the things we didn't do. All the things we should have done. You can't get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened.

Regret, Should Have, Forgiving

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.166, Broadway Books

I like myself better when I'm with you.

Life, Standing Tall, He Makes Me Feel

Jeffrey Hatcher, Mitch Albom (2008). “Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie”, p.39, Dramatists Play Service Inc

This is part of what a family is about, not just love. It's knowing that your family will be there watching out for you. Nothing else will give you that. Not money. Not fame. Not work.

Family, Knowing, Giving

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.92, Broadway Books

There is no such thing as 'too late' in life.

Life, Too Late, Late

Twitter post from Jan 04, 2017

Desire sets our compass, but real life steers our course.

Life, Real, Desire

Twitter post from Dec 19, 2013

Parents rarely let go of their children, so children let go of them. They move on. They move away. The moments that used to define them - a mother's approval, a father's nod - are covered by moments of their own accomplishments. It is not until much later, as the skin sags and the heart weakens, that children understand; their stories, and all their accomplishments, sit atop the stories of their mothers and fathers, stones upon stones, beneath the waters of their lives.

Letting Go, Mother, Children

Mitch Albom (2009). “The Five People You Meet In Heaven”, p.77, Hachette UK

If we tend to the things that are important in life, if we are right with those we love, and behave in line with our faith, our lives will not be cursed with the aching throb of unfulfilled business. Our words will always be sincere, our embraces will be tight. We will never wallow in the agony of ‘I could have, I should have’. We can sleep in a storm. And when its time, our goodbyes will be complete.

Goodbye, Sleep, Should Have

Mitch Albom (2011). “Have a Little Faith: A True Story”, p.105, Hachette UK

...if you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down on you anyhow. And if you're trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you. Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.

Heart, Tuesdays With Morrie, People

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.127, Broadway Books

When a baby comes into the world, its hands are clenched, right? Like this?" He made a fist. "Why? Because a baby not knowing any better, wants to grab everything, to say the whole world is mine. But when an old person dies, how does he do so? With his hands open. Why? Because he has learned his lesson." "What lesson?" I asked. He stretched open his empty fingers. "We can take nothing with us.

Baby, Knowing, Hands

Mitch Albom (2009). “Have a Little Faith: A True Story”, Hyperion

the words people do not speak are louder than the ones they do.

People, Speak

Mitch Albom (2013). “The First Phone Call From Heaven: A Novel”, p.8, Harper Collins

Fear is how you lose your life...a little bit at a time...What we give to fear, we take away from...faith.

Giving, Littles, Bits

Mitch Albom (2013). “The First Phone Call From Heaven”, p.78, Hachette UK

Lost love is still love. It takes a different form, that's all. You can't see their smile or bring them food or tousle their hair or move them around a dance floor. But when those senses weaken another heightens. Memory. Memory becomes your partner. You nurture it. You hold it. You dance with it.

Love, Romantic, Memories

Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can’t. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a calendar, a time for dinner or a movie. Yet all around you, timekeeping is ignored. Birds are not late. A dog does not check its watch. Deer do not fret over passing birthdays. an alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralyzing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.

Running, Dog, Wall

Because one thing God gave us- and I'm afraid it's at times a little too much- is freewill. Freedom to choose. I believe he gave us everything needed to build a beautiful world, if we choose wisely.

Beautiful, Believe, World

Mitch Albom (2009). “Have a Little Faith: A True Story”, Hyperion

Anger is a poison. It eats us inside. We think when we hate someone we hurt them, but hatred is a curved blade, and the harm we do to others we also do to ourselves.

Inspirational, Hurt, Hate

"Fictional character: Ruby". "The Five People You Meet in Heaven", www.imdb.com. 2004.

Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do. Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it. Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others. Don't assume that it's too late to get involved.

Past, Forgiving, Too Late

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.18, Broadway Books

Have you ever lost someone you love and wanted one more conversation, one more chance to make up for the time when you thought they would be here forever? If so, then you know you can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back.

Sad, Losing A Loved One, Loss

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