--- title: "5 Granted Quotes By Mitch Albom" description: "5 Granted quotes by Mitch Albom. Plus more from Mitch Albom and more Granted sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/mitch-albom-187_granted_with-marguerite-he-wanted-only-time-more_1005222.png" --- > [With Marguerite, he wanted only time—more and more time—and he was granted it, nighttimes and daytimes and nighttimes again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/with-marguerite-he-wanted-only-time-more-and-more-time-and-he-was/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/mitch-albom-187_granted_with-marguerite-he-wanted-only-time-more_1005222.png) > [“you should never take anything for granted.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/you-should-never-take-anything-for-granted/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/mitch-albom-187_granted_you-should-never-take-anything-for-grant_1049307.png) > [We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don't satisfy us. The loving relationships we have, the universe around us, we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/we-are-too-involved-in-materialistic-things-and-they-don-t-satisfy-us/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/916/mitch-albom-187_granted_we-are-too-involved-in-materialistic-thi_1102725.jpg) > [“Life is a series of pulls back and forth. You want to do one thing, but you are bound to do something…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/life-is-a-series-of-pulls-back-and-forth-you-want-to-do-one-thing-but-2/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/181/mitch-albom-187_certain_life-is-a-series-of-pulls-back-and-forth_1366940.jpg) > [Now you know how badly someone wanted you, Charley. Children forget that sometimes. They think of themselves as a burden instead of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/now-you-know-how-badly-someone-wanted-you-charley-children-forget/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ee9/mitch-albom-187_burden_now-you-know-how-badly-someone-wanted-yo_1462409.png) ## Other authors on Granted ## More by Mitch Albom > [“He wondered how it was fair that your dying should depend so much on when you were born.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/he-wondered-how-it-was-fair-that-your-dying-should-depend-so-much-on/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) > [“After the funeral, my life changed. I felt as if time were suddenly precious, water going down an open drain, and I could not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/after-the-funeral-my-life-changed-i-felt-as-if-time-were-suddenly/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) > [the words people do not speak are louder than the ones they do.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/the-words-people-do-not-speak-are-louder-than-the-ones-they-do/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) > [“Once, lovers on faraway shores sat by candlelight and dipped ink to parchment, writing words that could not be erased. They took an evening…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/once-lovers-on-faraway-shores-sat-by-candlelight-and-dipped-ink-to/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) > [Giving to other people makes me feel alive. Not my car or my house. Not what I look like in the mirror. When I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/giving-to-other-people-makes-me-feel-alive-not-my-car-or-my-house-not/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) > [Life goes quickly, doesn't it?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/life-goes-quickly-doesn-t-it/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) > [As children grow, they gravitate to their fates.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/as-children-grow-they-gravitate-to-their-fates/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) > [“If the only thing wrong with Moses is that he's not yours; if the only thing wrong with Jesus is that he's not yours;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/if-the-only-thing-wrong-with-moses-is-that-he-s-not-yours-if-the-only/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) > [“Sometimes your kids will say the nastiest things, won't they, Rose? You want to ask,'Whose child is this?'" Rose chuckled. "But usually, they're just…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/sometimes-your-kids-will-say-the-nastiest-things-won-t-they-rose-you/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) > [“whisper their good-byes.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/whisper-their-good-byes/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) > [“I had also developed my own culture. Work. Over the years, I had taken labor as my companion and had moved everything else to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/i-had-also-developed-my-own-culture-work-over-the-years-i-had-taken/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) > [When we are most alone is when we embrace another's loneliness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/when-we-are-most-alone-is-when-we-embrace-another-s-loneliness/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) > [“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.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/you-didn-t-get-it-sacrifice-is-a-part-of-life-it-s-supposed-to-be-it/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) > [I give myself a good cry if I need it. But then I concentrate on the good things still in my life. I don't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/i-give-myself-a-good-cry-if-i-need-it-but-then-i-concentrate-on-the/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) > [It was sad, the imbalance of it all. Why do kids assume so much from one parent and hold the other to a lower,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/it-was-sad-the-imbalance-of-it-all-why-do-kids-assume-so-much-from/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/granted/mitch-albom/#itemlist", "name": "5 Granted Quotes By Mitch Albom", "numberOfItems": 5, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "With Marguerite, he wanted only time—more and more time—and he was granted it, nighttimes and daytimes and nighttimes again.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mitch Albom" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/with-marguerite-he-wanted-only-time-more-and-more-time-and-he-was/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/mitch-albom-187_granted_with-marguerite-he-wanted-only-time-more_1005222.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/mitch-albom-187_granted_with-marguerite-he-wanted-only-time-more_1005222.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a98/mitch-albom-187_granted_with-marguerite-he-wanted-only-time-more_1005222.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“With Marguerite, he wanted only time—more and more time—and he was granted it, nighttimes and daytimes and…” — Mitch Albom", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“you should never take anything for granted.”", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Mitch Albom" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/you-should-never-take-anything-for-granted/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/mitch-albom-187_granted_you-should-never-take-anything-for-grant_1049307.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/mitch-albom-187_granted_you-should-never-take-anything-for-grant_1049307.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c44/mitch-albom-187_granted_you-should-never-take-anything-for-grant_1049307.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“you should never take anything for granted.” — Mitch Albom", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "We are too involved in materialistic things, and they don't satisfy us. 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