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Mitch Albom Quotes - Page 12

All Quotes Age Aging Birth Childhood Children Choices College Commitment Community Country Culture Death Detachment Dying Earth Faith Family Feelings Fighting Generosity Giving Happiness Hate Heart Heaven Home Hurt Inspirational Joy Letting Go Life Life And Death Losing Lost Love Love Lying Memoir Memories Mom Morning Mortality Office Pain Past Positive Prayer Regret Running Sacrifice Silence Son Soul Sports Suffering Understanding Waiting War Winning Writing

But a desperate heart will seduce the mind.

But a desperate heart will seduce the mind.

Heart, Mind, Desperate

Twitter post from May 15, 2014

We're Tuesday people.

People, Tuesday

Jeffrey Hatcher, Mitch Albom (2008). “Mitch Albom's Tuesdays with Morrie”, p.23, Dramatists Play Service Inc

No matter how smart she appeared, she was fragile at her core.

Smart, Matter, Fragile

There is a time for hello and a time for good-bye. It's why the act of burying thing seems natural, but the act of digging them up does not.

Bye, Doe, Digging

Got an hour or two? That's all it takes for one of my books.

Book, Two, Hours

Sacrifice is a part of life. It’s supposed to be. It’s not something to regret. It’s something to aspire to. Little sacrifices. Big sacrifices. A mother works so her son can go to school. A daughter moves home to take care of her sick father.

Daughter, Mother, Regret

"The Five People You Meet in Heaven". Book by Mitch Albom, 2003.

The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others.

Generosity, Charity, Giving Help

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.43, Broadway Books

I made the wrong choice ," I whispered. My mother shook her head. "A child should never have to choose.

Mother, Children, Choices

You should be convinced of the authenticity of what you have, but you must also be humble enough to say that we don't know everything. And since we don't know everything, we must accept that another person may believe something else.

Believe, Humble, May

"Have a Little Faith". Book by Mitch Albom, www.today.com. 2009.

The second death. To think that you died and no one would remember you. I wondered if this was why we tried so hard to make our mark in America. To be known. Think of how important celebrity has become. We sing to get famous; expose our worst secrets to get famous; lose weight, eat bugs, even commit murder to get famous. Our young people post their deepest thoughts on public web sites. They run cameras from their bedrooms. It’s as if we are screaming Notice Me! Remember Me! Yet the notoriety barely lasts. Names quickly blur and in time are forgotten.

Faith, Running, Thinking

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

I'm in love with hope.

There are no random acts.

Mitch Albom (2009). “The Five People You Meet In Heaven”, p.34, Hachette UK

The years after graduation hardened me into someone quite different from the strutting graduate who left campus that day headed for New York city, ready to offer the world his talent. The world, I discovered. was not all that interested.

New York, Years, Cities

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.14, Broadway Books

Had he known his death was imminent, he might have gone somewhere else. Instead, he did what we all do. He went about his dull routine as if all the days in the world were still to come. ~pg 4

Somewhere Else, Routine, Gone

Mitch Albom (2009). “Tuesdays With Morrie: An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson”, p.111, Hachette UK

Taffy. He thinks about taffy. He thinks it would take his teeth out now, but he would eat it anyhow, if it meant eating it with her.

Thinking, Teeth, Taffy

It's the same thing with faith, by the way." We don't want to get stuck having to go to services all the time, or having to follow all the rules. We don't want to commit to God. We'll take Him when we need Him, or when things are going good. But real commitment? That requires staying power‎-‎-‎-in faith and in marriage." And if you don't commit? I asked. "Your choice. But you miss what's on the other side." What's on the other side? "Ah." He smiled, "A happiness you cannot find alone.

Real, Commitment, Choices

But you grab a moment, or you let it pass.

Moments

Mitch Albom (2012). “The Time Keeper”, p.132, Hachette UK

when he smiles it's as if you'd just told him the first joke on earth.

Earth, Firsts, Jokes

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.4, Broadway Books

A child embarrassed by his mother,” she said, “is just a child who hasn’t lived long enough.

Mother, Children, Long

FaceBook post by Mitch Albom from May 10, 2017

Are you seeing anyone romantically?" he inquired. "No, I'm not," she replied. "Good. Please keep it that way. Because I intend to ask you to marry me.

Way, Marry Me, Please

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

Young men go to war. Sometimes because they have to, sometimes because they want to. Always, they feel they are supposed to. This comes from the sad, layered stories of life, which over the centuries have seen courage confused with picking up arms, and cowardice confused with laying them down.

Confused, War, Men

Aging is not just decay, you know, its growth.

Growth, Decay, Aging

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.118, Broadway Books

All that happens when your dreams come true is a slow, melting realization that it wasn't what you thought.

Dream, Melting, Realization

It's the thinking that gets you killed.

Thinking

Mitch Albom (2009). “The Five People You Meet In Heaven”, p.41, Hachette UK

What she mostly wanted, he learned, was the same thing many people want--someone to notice she was there.

People, Want, Wanted

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.110, Broadway Books

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