Quotes by Mitch Albom

It's such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it.

You can go your whole life collecting days, and none will outweigh the one you wish you had back.

When you are measuring life, you are not living it.

Going back to something is harder than you think.

In order to move on, you must understand why you felt what you did and why you no longer need to feel it.

Sharing tales of those we've lost is how we keep from really losing them.

Each affects the other, and the other affects the next, and the world is full of stories, but the stories are all one.

There are no random acts...We are all connected...You can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind...

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

People have't found meaning in their lives so they're running all the time looking for it.

I decided I"m going to live-or at least try to live- the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humor, with composure.

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

I thought you were a narcissist."Koppel burst into laughter."I'm too ugly to be a narcissist," he said.

Dying," Morrie suddenly said, "is the only one thing to be sad over, Mitch.Living unhappily is something else.So many of the people who come to visit me are unhappy.

Sacrfice," the captain said. "You made one. I made one. We all made them. But you were angry over yours. You kept thinking about what you lost. You didn't get it. Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's somethi

You can feel the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-- no matter how smart or accomplished--they cry, they yearn, they hurt. But instead of looking down on things, they look up, which is where I should have been looking, too.

So, have we solved the secret of happiness?"I believe so," he saidAre you going to tell me?"Yes.Ready?"Ready."Be satisfied."That's it?"Be greatful."That's it?"For what you have.For the love you receive.And for what God has given you."That's it?He looked m

There is no point in keeping vengeance or stubbornness. These things" -he sighed- "these things I so regret in my life. Pride. Vanity. Why do we do the things we do?Morrie Schwartz

Be compassionate ... and take responsibility for each other. If we only learned those lessons, this world would be a better place.

We all have the same beginning - birth - and we all have the same end - death. So how different can we be?

Ends are for yesterday, not tomorrows.

When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.

Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.

I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don't allow myself any more self-pity than that. A little each every morning, a few tears, and that's all.

Heaven can be found in the most unlikely corners.

No life is a waste," the Blue Man said. "The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we're alone.

All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Youth, like pristine glass, absorbs the prints of its handlers. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.

Every life has one true love snapshot.

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.

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.

Love wins, love always wins.

Life is a series of pulls back and forth... A tension of opposites, like a pull on a rubber band. Most of us live somewhere in the middle. A wrestling match...Which side win? Love wins. Love always wins

One day spent with someone you love can change everything.

Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.

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

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.

Death ends a life, not a relationship.

When you look into your mother’s eyes, you know that is the purest love you can find on this earth.

Maybe it's not about the tears you cry, but the love you remember.

When you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.

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.

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