Quotes by Mitch Albom

I was a workaholic. I never stopped. I lived in fifth gear. I bought cars. I invested in stocks. I made more money than I had ever imagined.

We all lose somebody we care about and want to find some comforting way of dealing with it, something that will give us a little closure, a little peace.

“Have you found someone to share your heart with? Are you giving to your community? Are you at peace with yourself? Are you trying to be as human as you can be?”

“Do the kinds of things that come from the heart. When you do, you wont be dissatisfied, you wont be envious, you wont be longing for somebody elses things. On the contrary, youll be overwhelmed with what comes back. (pg. 128)”

“People havet found meaning in their lives so theyre running all the time looking for it. (pg. 136)”

“Dying, Morrie suddenly said, is 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.”

“One day spent with someone you love can change everything.”

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

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

“Its such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it.”

“You can find something truly important in an ordinary minute.”

“We’re gonna make up for that. We’re gonna live a long time together.”

“His mind had forgotten the pathway to his voice.”

“It is never too late or too soon. It is when it is supposed to be.”

“You are the father of earthly time.”

“Im looking for the oldest pocket watch you have.”

“I realized when you look at your mother, you are looking at the purest love you will ever know.”

“We’re so wrapped up with egotistical things, career, family, having enough money, meeting the mortgage, getting a new car, fixing the radiator when it breaks—we’re involved in trillions of little acts just to keep going. So we don’t get into the habit of standing back and looking at our lives and saying, Is this all? Is this all I want? Is something missing?”

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

“Now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of a wish granted.”