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Mitch Albom Quotes - Page 15

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The backside of a mountain is a fight against human nature. You have to care as much about yourself on the way down as you did on the way up.

The backside of a mountain is a fight against human nature. You have to care as much about yourself on the way down as you did on the way up.

Fighting, Mountain, Care

Love is the only rational act.

Happiness, Optimistic, Love Is

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.52, Broadway Books

I believe the biggest themes of life are put into the best focus when held up against the very sharp light of mortality.

Believe, Light, Focus

if you find one true friend in your life, you're richer than most. If that one true friend is your husband, you're blessed." She paused. "And if that one true friend is your sister, don't feel bad. At least, she can't divorce you.

Husband, True Friend, Blessed

Be compassionate," Morrie whispered. And take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be so much better a place." He took a breath, then added his mantra: "Love each other or die.

Responsibility, Would Be, World

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.163, Broadway Books

Detroit is a place where we've had it pretty tough. But there is a generosity here and a well of kindness that goes deep.

Kindness, Generosity, Detroit

Man alone measures time. Man alone chimes the hour. And, because of this, man alone suffers a paralysing fear that no other creature endures. A fear of time running out.

Running, Men, Suffering

Mitch Albom (2012). “The Time Keeper”, p.9, Hachette UK

Love like rain, can nourish from above, drenching couples with soaking joy. But sometimes, under the angry heat of life, love dries on the surface and must nourish from below, tending to its roots, keeping itself alive.

Love, Couple, Rain

Sometimes, love brings you together even as life keeps you apart.

Together, Sometimes, Sometimes Love

For as spiritual as some people think my books are, I've never really dealt with religious things.

Spiritual, Religious, Book

My father moved through theys of we, singing each new leaf out of each tree, (and every child was sure that spring danced when she heard my father sing).

Children, Spring, Father

Mitch Albom (2012). “Dienstags bei Morrie: Die Lehre eines Lebens”, p.126, Goldmann Verlag

I traded lots of dreams for a bigger paycheck, and I never even realized I was doing it.

Dream, Bigger, Paychecks

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.33, Broadway Books

Lost love is still love. It takes a different form, that's all.

Lost Love, Love Is, Different

Once, lovers on faraway shores sat by candlelight and dipped ink to parchment, writing words that could not be erased. They took an evening to compose their thoughts, maybe the next evening as well.

Writing, Next, Evening

Love- the infatuation kind- 'he's so handsome, she's so beautiful'- that can shrivel. As soon as something goes wrong, that kind of love can fly out the window.

Beautiful, Handsome, Kind

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

At that moment i felt lonelier than i'd ever felt before, and that loneliness seemed to squat in my lungs and crush all but my most minimal breathing. There was nothing left to say. Not about this. Not about anything.

Crush, Loneliness, Breathing

Mitch Albom (2009). “For One More Day”, p.13, Hachette UK

A wind blew, and the sand around his drawing scattered. He wrapped his fingers inside his wife's, and Father Time rekindled a connection he had only ever had with her. He surrendered to that sensation and felt the final drops of their lives touch one another, like water in a cave, top meets bottom, Heaven meets Earth. As their eyes closed, a different set of eyes opened, and they rose from the ground as a shared south, up and up, a sun and a moon in a single sky.

Father, Eye, Moon

There was always a quest for more minutes, more hours, faster progress to accomplish more in each day. The simple joy of living between summers was gone.

Summer, Simple, Joy

God sings, we hum along, and there are many melodies, but it's all one song - one same, wonderful, human song.

Song, Wonderful, Melody

Twitter post from Aug 05, 2014

No, Edward. You are here so I can teach you something. All the people you meet here have one thing to teach you.

People, Teach, One Thing

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

Soon man will count all his days, and then smaller segments of the day, and then smaller still—until the counting consumes him, and the wonder of the world he has been given is lost.

Men, World, Wonder

I shot you, all right," he said, "and you lost something, but you gained something as well. You just don't know it yet. I gained something, too." What?" I got to keep my promise. I didn't leave you behind.

Promise, Lost, Shots

But they wanted you. Time is not something you give back. The very next moment may be answer to your prayer. To deny that is to deny the most important part of the future.

Prayer, Giving, Important

FaceBook post by Mitch Albom from Oct 24, 2012

To know you're going to die, and to be prepared for it at any time. That's better. That way you can actually be more involved in your life while you're living.

Way, Be Prepared, Involved

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.81, Broadway Books

What if I lose you?" "You can't lose your mother, Charley.

Mother, What If, Ifs

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