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title: "34 Want Quotes By Mitch Albom"
description: "34 Want quotes by Mitch Albom. Plus more from Mitch Albom and more Want sayings from other authors."
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> [If God wants it, it will happen.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/if-god-wants-it-it-will-happen/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [Man wants to own his existence. But no one owns time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/man-wants-to-own-his-existence-but-no-one-owns-time/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [“If you really want it, then you'll make your dream happen.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/if-you-really-want-it-then-you-ll-make-your-dream-happen/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [“That's who I want to be when I grow up.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/that-s-who-i-want-to-be-when-i-grow-up/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [Sometimes, kids want you to hurt the way they hurt.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/sometimes-kids-want-you-to-hurt-the-way-they-hurt/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [What she mostly wanted, he learned, was the same thing many people want--someone to notice she was there.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/what-she-mostly-wanted-he-learned-was-the-same-thing-many-people-want/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [Sometimes, when you are not getting the love you want, giving makes you think you will.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/sometimes-when-you-are-not-getting-the-love-you-want-giving-makes-you/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [There is a big confusion in this country over what we want verses what we need...you need food. You want a chocolate…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/there-is-a-big-confusion-in-this-country-over-what-we-want-verses/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [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-3/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [If you want to be a good writer, make sure you read. I'm amazed by how many people don't bother to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/if-you-want-to-be-a-good-writer-make-sure-you-read-i-m-amazed-by-how/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [Everything man does today to be efficient, to fill the hour? It does not satisfy. It only makes him hungry to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/everything-man-does-today-to-be-efficient-to-fill-the-hour-it-does-2/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [There is no formula to relationships. They have to be negotiated in loving ways, with room for both parties, what they want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/there-is-no-formula-to-relationships-they-have-to-be-negotiated-in-2/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [Every day, have a little bird on your shoulder that asks, 'Is today the day? Am I ready? Am I doing all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/every-day-have-a-little-bird-on-your-shoulder-that-asks-is-today-the/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [We all lose somebody we care about and want to find some comforting way of dealing with it, something that will give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/we-all-lose-somebody-we-care-about-and-want-to-find-some-comforting/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [He had his time measures and he had her. That was his life. For as long as he could remember, it had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/he-had-his-time-measures-and-he-had-her-that-was-his-life-for-as-long/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [The word 'commitment' has lost it's meaning. I'm old enough to remember when it used to be positive. A commited person was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/the-word-commitment-has-lost-it-s-meaning-i-m-old-enough-to-remember/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/having-more-does-not-keep-you-from-wanting-more-and-if-you-always/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [Everything man does today to be efficient, to fill the hour? It does not satisfy. It only makes him hungry to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/everything-man-does-today-to-be-efficient-to-fill-the-hour-it-does/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [There is no experience like having children.’ That’s all. There is no substitute for it. You cannot do it with a friend.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/there-is-no-experience-like-having-children-that-s-all-there-is-no/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [There's a big confusion in this country over what we want versus what we need," Morrie said. "You need food, you want…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/there-s-a-big-confusion-in-this-country-over-what-we-want-versus-what/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [It's the same thing with faith, by the way." We don't want to get stuck having to go to services all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/it-s-the-same-thing-with-faith-by-the-way-we-don-t-want-to-get-stuck/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [Look, no matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don’t see what we could…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/look-no-matter-where-you-live-the-biggest-defect-we-human-beings-have/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [All these people that you meet or I meet, there's not a prayer in hell that they're ever going to run for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/all-these-people-that-you-meet-or-i-meet-there-s-not-a-prayer-in-hell/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [When I lacked even the self-respect to keep myself alive, she dabbed my cuts and I fell back into being a son;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/when-i-lacked-even-the-self-respect-to-keep-myself-alive-she-dabbed/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [We’re so wrapped up with egotistical things, career, family, having enough money, meeting the mortgage, getting a new car, fixing the radiator…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/we-re-so-wrapped-up-with-egotistical-things-career-family-having/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [“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/)

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> [Because when the world quiets to the sound of your own breathing, we all want the same things: comfort, love, and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/because-when-the-world-quiets-to-the-sound-of-your-own-breathing-we/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?' I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/i-asked-myself-am-i-going-to-withdraw-from-the-world-like-most-people/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [I find interesting characters or lessons that resonate with people and sometimes I write about them in the sports pages, sometimes I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/i-find-interesting-characters-or-lessons-that-resonate-with-people/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [Young men go to war. Sometimes because they have to, sometimes because they want to. Always, they feel they are supposed to.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/young-men-go-to-war-sometimes-because-they-have-to-sometimes-because/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [You know what that reflects? Unsatisfied lives. Unfulfilled lives. Lives that haven't found meaning . Because if you've found meaning in your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/you-know-what-that-reflects-unsatisfied-lives-unfulfilled-lives-lives/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/i-think-we-ve-created-a-system-here-where-only-the-lifelong/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [When a baby comes into the world, its hands are clenched, right? Like this?" He made a fist. "Why? Because a baby…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/when-a-baby-comes-into-the-world-its-hands-are-clenched-right-like/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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> [You can feel the whole world and still feel lost in it. So many people are in pain-- no matter how smart…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mitch-albom/you-can-feel-the-whole-world-and-still-feel-lost-in-it-so-many-people-2/)

[Mitch Albom](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mitch-albom/)

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## Other authors on Want

## 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/)

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                        "text": "It's the same thing with faith, by the way.\" We don't want to get stuck having to go to services all the time, or having to follow all the rules. We don't want to commit to God. We'll take Him when we need Him, or when things are going good. But real commitment? That requires staying power---in faith and in marriage.\" And if you don't commit? I asked. \"Your choice. But you miss what's on the other side.\" What's on the other side? \"Ah.\" He smiled, \"A happiness you cannot find alone.",
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                        "text": "All these people that you meet or I meet, there's not a prayer in hell that they're ever going to run for office or major office because if they're that smart, they're also smart enough to know they don't want to take everything that they've built up and have it torn apart by a sensationalized media that's so hungry for any kind of salacious detail that they'll make that the emphasis of the person's life. And then all of sudden, 50, 60 years of hard work and accomplishment go out the window.",
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                        "text": "I asked myself, 'Am I going to withdraw from the world, like most people do, or am I going to live?' I decided I am going to live - or at least try to live - the way I want, with dignity, with courage, with humor, with composure.",
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                        "text": "I find interesting characters or lessons that resonate with people and sometimes I write about them in the sports pages, sometimes I write them in a column, sometimes in a novel, sometimes a play or sometimes in nonfiction. But at the core I always say to myself, 'Is there a story here? Is this something people want to read?'",
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                        "text": "Young men go to war. Sometimes because they have to, sometimes because they want to. Always, they feel they are supposed to. This comes from the sad, layered stories of life, which over the centuries have seen courage confused with picking up arms, and cowardice confused with laying them down.",
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                        "text": "You know what that reflects? Unsatisfied lives. Unfulfilled lives. Lives that haven't found meaning . Because if you've found meaning in your life, you don't want to go back. You want to go forward. You want to see more, do more. You can't wait until sixty-five.",
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                        "text": "I think we've created a system here where only the lifelong politicians, who are used to this kind of life in the spotlight and don't care, or people who have egos along the lines of Donald Trump - who just don't care what people say about them - they're the only people who are ever going to run because nobody wants their life dissected as meanly and as randomly as our media has come to do with anybody who runs for office.",
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                        "text": "When a baby comes into the world, its hands are clenched, right? Like this?\" He made a fist. \"Why? Because a baby not knowing any better, wants to grab everything, to say the whole world is mine. But when an old person dies, how does he do so? With his hands open. Why? Because he has learned his lesson.\" \"What lesson?\" I asked. He stretched open his empty fingers. \"We can take nothing with us.",
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