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Mitch Albom Quotes - Page 7

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

I am in love with Hope.

I am in love with Hope.

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

You can know the whole world and still feel lost in it.

World, Lost, Feels

Mitch Albom (2011). “Have a Little Faith: A True Story”, p.226, Hachette UK

There's a big confusion in this country over what we want versus what we need," Morrie said. "You need food, you want a chocolate sundae. You have to be honest with yourself. You don't need the latest sports car, you don't need the biggest house. The truth is, you don't get satisfaction from those things. You know what really gives you satisfaction?...Offering others what you have to give...I don't mean money, Mitch. I mean your time. Your concern. Your storytelling. It's not so hard.

Sports, Country, Mean

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.126, Broadway Books

But my father, a thief in many ways, had robbed me of my concentration.

Father, Thieves, Way

Mitch Albom (2009). “For One More Day”, p.108, Hachette UK

It’s not just other people we need to forgive. We also 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. I always wished I had done more with my work; I wished I had written more books. I used to beat myself up over it. Now I see that never did any good. Make peace. You need to make peace with yourself and everyone around you.

Regret, Book, Should Have

If you could pack for heaven, this was how you'd do it, touching everything, taking nothing.

Heaven, Touching, Packs

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

In college, I had a course in Latin, and one day the word "divorce" came up. I always figured it came from some root that meant "divide." In truth, it comes from "divertere," which means "to divert." I believe that. All divorce does is divert you, taking you away from everything you thought you knew and everything you thought you wanted and steering you into all kinds of other stuff, like discussions about your mother's girdle and whether she should marry someone else.

Positive, Mother, Latin

By now, the morning sun was just over the horizon and it came at me like a sidearm pitch between the houses of my old neighborhood. I shielded my eyes. This being early October, there were already piles of leaves pushed against the curb—more leaves than I remembered from my autumns here—andless open space in the sky. I think what you notice most when you haven’t been home in a while is how much the trees have grown around your memories.

Morning, Memories, Eye

Mitch Albom (2009). “For One More Day”, p.28, Hachette UK

Things change when you're not in danger anymore.

Things Change, Danger

I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?' I decided I am going to live - or at least try to live - the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humor, with composure.

People, Trying, World

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.21, Broadway Books

Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it.

Past, Forgive Yourself, Accepting

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

Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.

Heart, Open Heart, Floats

Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to.

Life And Love, Regret, Sacrifice

Twitter post from Mar 26, 2017

People are only mean when they're threatened, and that's what our culture does...And when you get threatened, you start looking out only for yourself. You start making money a god. It is all part of this culture.

Mean, People, Doe

I thought about all the people I knew who spent many of their waking hours feeling sorry for themselves. How useful it would be to put a daily limit on self-pity. Just a few tearful minutes, then on with the day.

Sorry, Self, People

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.57, Broadway Books

Invest in the human family. Invest in people. Build a little community of those you love and who love you.

Love You, People, Community

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.157, Broadway Books

In business people negotiate to win. They negotiate to get what they want. Love is different. Love is when you are as concerned about someone else's situation as you are about your own.

Winning, Love Is, People

Mitch Albom (2007). “Tuesdays with Morrie: An Old Man, a Young Man, and Life's Greatest Lesson”, p.178, Broadway Books

With endless time, nothing is special. With no loss or sacrifice, we can’t appreciate what we have

Loss, Sacrifice, Endless Time

Mitch Albom (2012). “The Time Keeper”, p.121, Hachette UK

I took my orders, too. But if i couldn't keep you alive, I thought I could at least keep you together. In the middle of a big war, you go looking for a small idea to believe in. When you find one, you hold it the way a soldier holds his crucifix when he's praying in a foxhole.

War, Believe, Order

Mitch Albom (2009). “The Five People You Meet In Heaven”, p.55, Hachette UK

You're not a wave, you're a part of the ocean.

Ocean, Wave, Ocean Wave

Twitter post from May 24, 2016

I also believe that parents, if they love you, will hold you up safely, above their swirling waters, and sometimes that means you'll never know what they endured, and you may treat them unkindly, in a way you otherwise wouldn't.

Believe, Love You, Mean

Mitch Albom (2009). “For One More Day”, p.130, Hachette UK

Something is always happening somewhere.

Happenings

Life goes quickly, doesn't it?

All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped.

Children, Parent, Damage

Mitch Albom (2009). “The Five People You Meet In Heaven”, p.64, Hachette UK

The length of your days does not belong to you.

Doe, Length

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