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Life Quotes by Mitch Albom

191 Life quotes by Mitch Albom

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After a funeral, Mitch Albom felt time become suddenly precious, like water draining away, reminding us how quickly life passes. He notes that love and meaningful relationships matter far more than material pursuits. He also encourages us to give and receive love, letting it flow in and out of our lives.

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“Fairness does not govern life and death.”

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Life has to end, love doesn't.

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Death ends life NOT a relationship.

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Every life has one true love snapshot.

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“Life is a series of pulls back and forth.”

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Life goes quickly, doesn't it?

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“Lovely, isn’t it?” What? “Life,” he said.”

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“The teaching goes on”

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All endings are beginnings; we just dont know it at the time.

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

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

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There is no fair in life and death. If it were, no good men would die young.

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The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others...

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

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

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

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“That there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more separate onw life from another than…

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I give myself a good cry if I need it, but then I concentrate on all good things still in my life.

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It’s not contagious, you know. Death is as natural as life. It’s part of the deal we made.

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

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Fairness, does not govern life and death. If it did, no good person would ever die young. ~ The blue man

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“But behind all your stories is always your mother's story, because hers is where yours begins.”

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

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“Morrie was in a wheelchair full-time now, getting used to helpers lifting him like a heavy sack from the chair to the…

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“In a strange way, I envied the quality of Morrie's time even as I lamented its diminishing supply. Why did we bother…

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“Lost love is still love, Eddie. It just takes a different form, that's all. You can't hold their hand... You can't tousle…

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“There are five people you meet in heaven," the Blue Man suddenly said. "Each of us was in your life for a…

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“He told his friends that if they really wanted to help him, they would treat him not with sympathy but with visits,…

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As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed as ignorant as you were at twenty-two, you'd always be twenty-two. Aging is…

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The news of life is carried via telephone. A baby's birth, a couple engaged, a tragic car accident on a late night…

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I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life.…

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“Yet here was Morrie talking with the wonder of our college years, as if I'd simply been on a long vacation. ..What…

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“If you don’t respect the other person, you’re gonna have a lot of trouble. If you don’t know how to compromise, you’re…

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“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…

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I think we've created a system here where only the lifelong politicians, who are used to this kind of life in the…

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“Then why, I asked, is the world so fractured? “Well, you can look at it this way. Would you want the world…

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No. You can't work your way into heaven. Anytime you try and justify yourself with works, you disqualify yourself with works. What…

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“What in life can love not penetrate? Mabel Hubbard, deaf since childhood, gave Alexander Bell a piano as a wedding gift and…

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“Have I told you about the tension of opposites? he says. The tension of opposites? Life is a series of pulls back…

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...fairness," he said, "does not govern life and death. if it did, no good person would ever die." "Strangers," the Blue Man…

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Life goes quickly, doesn't it?

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

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