Mitch Albom Quotes

Mitchell David Albom is an American author, journalist, screenwriter, dramatist, radio and television broadcaster, and musician. His books have sold over 39 million copies worldwide. Having achieved national recognition for sports writing in the earlier part of his career, he is perhaps best known for the inspirational stories and themes that weave through his books, plays, and films. Albom lives with his wife Janine Sabino in Detroit, Michigan. Wikipedia  

✵ 23. May 1958
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Famous Mitch Albom Quotes

“There is no such thing as 'too late' in life.”

Source: Tuesdays with Morrie

“Heaven can be found in the most unlikely corners.”

Source: The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Meniti Bianglala

“Devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.”

Source: Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)
Context: So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things. 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.

Mitch Albom Quotes about life

“Death ends a life, not a relationship.”

Source: Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)

“There are two stories for every life; the one you live & the one others tell”

Source: The First Phone Call from Heaven

“Desire sets our compass, but real life steers our course.”

The First Phone Call from Heaven

“If you’ve found meaning in your life, you don’t want to go back. You want to go forward. You want to see more, do more.”

Variant: Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward.
Source: Tuesdays with Morrie

Mitch Albom Quotes about love

“Lost love is still love.”

Source: The Five People You Meet in Heaven

“Love wins. Love always wins.”

Source: Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)

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“Knowing heaven is what heals us on earth.”

Source: The First Phone Call from Heaven

Mitch Albom Quotes

“All endings are also beginnings. We just don't know it at the time.”

Source: The Five People You Meet In Heaven

“Holding anger is a poison… It eats you from inside… We think that by hating someone we hurt them… But hatred is a curved blade… and the harm we do to others… we also do to ourselves.”

Variant: Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.
Source: The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003)

“Accept who you are; and revel in it.”

Source: Tuesdays with Morrie

“I like myself better when I'm with you.”

Source: Tuesdays with Morrie

“Don't hang on too long, but don't let go too soon.”

Source: Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)

“The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone.”

The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003)
Variant: "No life is a waste," the Blue Man said. "The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone."
Source: The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Meniti Bianglala

“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…”

Variant: That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate on life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind.
Source: The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003)
Context: "All the people you meet here have one thing to teach you." Eddie was skeptical. His fists stayed clenched. "What?" he said. "That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate one life from another than you can separate a breeze from the wind."

“Nothing haunts us like the things we don't say.”

Source: Have a Little Faith: a True Story

“Death doesn't just take someone, it misses someone else, and in the small distance between being taken and being missed, lives are changed.”

The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003)
Variant: It is because the spirit knows deep down that all lives intersect. That death doesn't just take someone, it misses someone else. And in that small distance, lives are changed.
Source: The Five People You Meet in Heaven - Meniti Bianglala

“Strangers are just family you have yet to come to know.”

The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003)

“The secret to happiness… be satisfied and be grateful.”

Source: Have a Little Faith: a True Story

“There is a reason God limits our days.'
'Why?'
'To make each one precious.”

Variant: There is a reason God limits man's days.
Source: The Time Keeper

“Sticking with your family is whatit a family.”

Source: For One More Day

“One day can bend your life.”

Source: For One More Day

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

Tuesdays with Morrie (1997)
Variant: When you learn how to die, you learn how to live.
Source: The Time Keeper

“"Life has to end." Marguerite said. "Love doesn't"”

Source: The Five People You Meet in Heaven (2003)

“She put one hand on mine. “When someone is in your heart, they’re never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.”

Variant: When someone is in your heart, they're never truly gone. They can come back to you, even at unlikely times.
Source: For One More Day

“Holding on to things only breaks your heart.”

Source: The Time Keeper

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