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Time Quotes by Mitch Albom

118 Time quotes by Mitch Albom

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A funeral that makes time feel precious shows up in one quote. Other lines talk about giving time to help others, fearing the loss of time, and choosing to use remaining moments wisely. The voice mixes worry about death with a push to act before time runs out.

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“Time is not something you give back”

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When hope is gone, time is punishment.

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You are not your past.

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“Time flies with you”

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I'm being made aware of my mortality all the time.

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

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Learn what you do not know. Understand the consequences of counting the moments.

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

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But you grab a moment, or you let it pass.

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

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

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One day spent with someone you love can change everything.

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“If you accept that you can die at any time - then you might not be as ambitious as you are”

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“Time is not something you give back. The very next moment may be an answer to your prayer.”

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So many times I feel I'm using the same words over and over, like a woman wearing the same dress every day.…

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“Once, when Giselle was alive, he thought about the future. Now he only thought about the past.”

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“It might seem strange to start a story with an ending. But all endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it…

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“Life goes quickly, doesn't it, Charley?" "Yeah," I mumbled. "It's such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so…

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“I seemed to slip in a time warp when I visited Morrie, and I liked myself better when I was there.”

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“with a little faith, people can fix things, and they truly can change, because at that moment, you could not believe otherwise.”

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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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“Things that happen before you are born still affect you... And people who come before your time affect you as well. We…

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Dor shook his head. “The phrase. What does it mean?” Sarah wondered if he was kidding. “Time flies? You know, like, time…

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But they wanted you. Time is not something you give back. The very next moment may be answer to your prayer. To…

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“So many times, I had chosen not to be with her. Too busy. Too tires. Don't feel like dealing with it. Church?…

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“It's only horrible if you see it that way," Morrie said. "It's horrible to watch my body slowly wilt away to nothing.…

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“Dor remembered Victor’s voice. And while they deepen with age, voices are, to one destined to listen for eternity, as distinct as…

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“His plans never worked out. In time,he found himself graying and wearing looser pants and in a state of weary acceptance, that…

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“Things that happen before you are born still affect you,' she said. 'And people who come before your time affect you as…

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“Accept what you are able to do and what you are not able to do”; “Accept the past as past without denying…

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“How can he explain such sadness when she is supposed to make him happy? The truth is he cannot explain it himself.…

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“To my Charley on his wedding day – …Here is what you are going to find out about marriage: you have to…

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You say you should have died instead of me. But during my time on earth, people died instead of me, too. It…

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“But they wanted you. Time is not something you give back. The very next moment may be an answer to your prayer.…

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“His body had been weakened, the ocen had left him vulnerable, pneumonia took ahold of him, and in time, he died.' Because…

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“I have come to teach you that there are no random acts. That we are all connected. That you can no more…

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“The End is coming. What will you do with the time you have left?”

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Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it.

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It's such a shame to waste time. We always think we have so much of it.

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What will you do with the time you have left?

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