Mitch Albom Quotes

Truth is light. Lies are shadows. Music is both.

Try to imagine a life without timekeeping. You probably can’t. You know the month, the year, the day of the week. There is a clock on your wall or the dashboard of your car. You have a schedule, a cal...

We cannot stop what Heaven chooses.

Well, the truth is, if you really listen to that bird on your shoulder, if you accept that you can die at any time—then you might not be as ambitious as you are.

What do you do when the dead return? It is the thing people most fear- yet, in some cases, most desire

What do you do when you lose a loved one too quickly? When you have no time to prepare before, suddenly, that soul is gone?

Wherever I went in my life, I met people who wanted to gobble up something new. Gobble up a new car. Gobble up a new piece of property. Gobble up the latest toy. And then they wanted to tell you about...

YOU TAKA MY SPACEI BREAKA YOUR FACE

You are born into your first one. Your mother plays the lead. She shares the stage with your father and siblings. Or perhaps your father is absent, an empty stool under a spotlight. But he is still a...

You are here so I can teach you something. 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 abreeze from the wind.

You are not your past.

You can be a mama's boy or and a Daddy's boy,but you can't be both. So you cling to the you you think you might lose.

You can be a mama's boy, be a daddy's boy, but you can't be both. So you cling to the one you think you might lose.

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. We all want the same things: comfort, love,...

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

You can touch everything and be connected to nothing.

You can't get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened

You cannot write if you do not read, the blind man said. You cannot eat if you do not chew. And you cannot play if you do not—he grabbed for the boy’s hand—listen.

You can’t fit the Lord in a box. But you can gather stories, tradition, wisdom, and in time, you needn’t lower the shelf; God is already nearer to thee.

You didn't get it. Sacrifice is a part of life. It's supposed to be. It's not something to regret. It's something to aspire to. Little sacrifices. Big sacrifices. A mother works so her son can go to s...