--- title: "15 Live Quotes By Mitch Albom" description: "15 Live quotes by Mitch Albom. Plus more from Mitch Albom and more Live sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f76/mitch-albom-187_care_i-may-be-dying-but-i-am-surrounded-by-lo_229529.png" --- > [“I may be dying, but I am surrounded by loving, caring souls. How many people can say that?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/i-may-be-dying-but-i-am-surrounded-by-loving-caring-souls-how-many/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f76/mitch-albom-187_care_i-may-be-dying-but-i-am-surrounded-by-lo_229529.png) > [All endings are beginnings; we just dont know it at the time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/all-endings-are-beginnings-we-just-dont-know-it-at-the-time/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d44/mitch-albom-187_be-you_all-endings-are-beginnings-we-just-dont_595832.png) > [“Morrie closed his eyes. "I know, Mitch. You mustn't be afraid of my dying. I've had a good life, and we all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/morrie-closed-his-eyes-i-know-mitch-you-mustn-t-be-afraid-of-my-dying/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6c8/mitch-albom-187_afraid_morrie-closed-his-eyes-i-know-mitch-you_2136369.png) > [“A wrestling match.. Yes, you could describe life that way." So which side wins, I ask? He smiles at me, the crinkled…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/a-wrestling-match-yes-you-could-describe-life-that-way-so-which-side/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4db/mitch-albom-187_crooked-teeth_a-wrestling-match-yes-you-could-describe_2931637.png) > [“Dying," Morrie suddenly said, "is the only one thing to be sad over, Mitch. Living unhappily is something else. So many of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/dying-morrie-suddenly-said-is-the-only-one-thing-to-be-sad-over-mitch/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/250/mitch-albom-187_death_dying-morrie-suddenly-said-is-the-only-o_324668.png) > [“I had also developed my own culture. Work. Over the years, I had taken labor as my companion and had moved everything…](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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60f/mitch-albom-187_busy_i-had-also-developed-my-own-culture-work_27259.png) > [“In a strange way, I envied the quality of Morrie's time even as I lamented its diminishing supply. Why did we bother…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/in-a-strange-way-i-envied-the-quality-of-morrie-s-time-even-as-i/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/456/mitch-albom-187_distraction_in-a-strange-way-i-envied-the-quality-of_500424.jpg) > [“There are some mornings when I cry and cry and mourn for myself. Some mornings, I'm so angry and bitter. But it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/there-are-some-mornings-when-i-cry-and-cry-and-mourn-for-myself-some-2/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5eb/mitch-albom-187_anger_there-are-some-mornings-when-i-cry-and-c_1378681.png) > [“People scooped up these tabloids, devoured their gossip.. But now, for some reason, I found myself thinking about Morrie whenever I read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/people-scooped-up-these-tabloids-devoured-their-gossip-but-now-for/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88d/mitch-albom-187_dying_people-scooped-up-these-tabloids-devoure_1694868.png) > [“Morrie.. had developed his own culture - long before he got sick. He read books to find new ideas for his classes,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/morrie-had-developed-his-own-culture-long-before-he-got-sick-he-read/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c8/mitch-albom-187_books_morrie-had-developed-his-own-culture-lon_1548892.png) > [“So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/so-many-people-walk-around-with-a-meaningless-life-they-seem-half-3/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ee/mitch-albom-187_chase_so-many-people-walk-around-with-a-meanin_2085859.png) > [“Yet here was Morrie talking with the wonder of our college years, as if I'd simply been on a long vacation. ..I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/yet-here-was-morrie-talking-with-the-wonder-of-our-college-years-as-2/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f1d/mitch-albom-187_college_yet-here-was-morrie-talking-with-the-won_1770659.png) > [“Yet here was Morrie talking with the wonder of our college years, as if I'd simply been on a long vacation. ..What…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/yet-here-was-morrie-talking-with-the-wonder-of-our-college-years-as/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00a/mitch-albom-187_college_yet-here-was-morrie-talking-with-the-won_593001.png) > [“One afternoon, I am complaining about the confusion of my age, what is expected of me versus what I want for myself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/one-afternoon-i-am-complaining-about-the-confusion-of-my-age-what-is/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/5ca/mitch-albom-187_expectation_one-afternoon-i-am-complaining-about-the_1008528.jpg) > [“I was astonished by his complete lack of self-pity. Morrie, who could no longer dance, swim, bathe, or walk; Morrie, who could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/i-was-astonished-by-his-complete-lack-of-self-pity-morrie-who-could/) [Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0ac/mitch-albom-187_accept_i-was-astonished-by-his-complete-lack-of_2938807.jpg) ## Other authors on Live ## 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/live/mitch-albom/#itemlist", "name": "15 Live Quotes By Mitch Albom", "numberOfItems": 15, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“I may be dying, but I am surrounded by loving, caring souls. 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