Mitch Albom quotes - page 5

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 school. A daughter moves home to take care of her sick father. (Mitch Albom)
But they wanted you. Time is not something you give back. The very next moment may be answer to your prayer. To deny that is to deny the most important part of the future. View quote
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You have one family, Charley. For good or bad. You have one family. You can't trade them in. You can't lie to them. You can't run two at once, substituting back and forth. "Sticking with your family is what makes it a family. View quote
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Love is the only rational act. View quote
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People often belittle the place where they were born. View quote
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If you hold back on the emotions--if you don't allow yourself to go all the way through them--you can never get to being detached, you're too busy being afraid. View quote
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Desire sets our compass, but real life steers our course. View quote
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Sometimes you have to do things when sad things happen. View quote
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Detachment doesn't mean you don't let the experience penetrate you. On the contrary, you let it penetrate you fully. That's how you are able to leave it. View quote
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Why are we embarrassed by silence? What comfort do we find in all the noise? View quote
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What she mostly wanted, he learned, was the same thing many people want--someone to notice she was there. (Mitch Albom)
How could he find perfection in such an average day? Then I realized this was the whole point. View quote
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Much of what we called "depression" was really dissatisfaction, a result of setting a bar impossibly high or expecting treasures we weren't willing to work for. View quote
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If you could pack for heaven, this was how you'd do it, touching everything, taking nothing. View quote
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But you grab a moment, or you let it pass. View quote
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There was always a quest for more minutes, more hours, faster progress to accomplish more in each day. The simple joy of living between summers was gone. View quote
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A man who can take anything will find most things unsatisfying. And a man without memories is just a shell. View quote
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A child embarrassed by his mother,” she said, "is just a child who hasn't lived long enough. View quote
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The length of your days does not belong to you. View quote
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I love you every day, Mom. View quote
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Something is always happening somewhere. (Mitch Albom)
Sometimes, love brings you together even as life keeps you apart. View quote
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I feel ashamed now that I tried to take my life. It is such a precious thing. I had no one to talk me out of my despair and that was a mistake. You need to keep people close. You need to give them access to your heart. View quote
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Things that happen before you are born still affect you and people who come before your time affect you as well. View quote
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Having more does not keep you from wanting more. And if you always want more - to be richer, more beautiful, more well known - you are missing the bigger picture, and I can tell you from experience, happiness will never come. View quote
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