The most inspirational man I knew only reached his potential by helping a child reach his.
MITCH ALBOMIt is never too late or too soon. It is when it is supposed to be.
More Mitch Albom Quotes
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One day spent with someone you love can change everything.
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But she wasn’t around, and that’s the thing when your parents die, you feel like instead of going in to every fight with backup, you are going into every fight alone.
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You have to find what’s good and true and beautiful in your life as it is now. Looking back makes you competitive. And, age is not a competitive issue.
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She had been so consumed with escaping her own misery, she hadn’t considered the misery she might inflict.
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You have to start over. That’s what they say. But life is not a board game, and losing a loved one is never really “starting over.” More like “continuing without.
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We cannot stop what Heaven chooses.
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Faith is about doing. You are how you act, not just how you believe.
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What’s wrong with being number 2?
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I think what you notice most when you haven’t been home in a while is how much the trees have grown around your memories.
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Silence was his escape, but silence is rarely a refuge.
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What you have done to this point cannot be undone. What you do next. It is still unwritten.
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The way you get meaning into your life is to devote yourself to loving others, devote yourself to your community around you, and devote yourself to creating something that gives you purpose and meaning.
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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 highway – most milestones of the human journey, good or bad, are foreshadowed by the sound of a ringing.
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We all yearn for what we have lost. But sometimes, we forget what we have.
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Once heaven is done with grandma, we’d like her back, thanks.
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Don’t let go too soon, but don’t hold on too long.
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Holding on to things only breaks your heart.
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Accept who you are; and revel in it.
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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. I don’t allow myself any more self-pity than that. A little each every morning, a few tears, and that’s all.
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Have you found someone to share your heart with? Are you giving to your community? Are you at peace with yourself? Are you trying to be as human as you can be?
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All parents damage their children. It cannot be helped. Some parents smudge, others crack, a few shatter childhoods completely into jagged little pieces, beyond repair.
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Love is how you stay alive, even after you are gone.
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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 it or discarding it. Learn to forgive yourself and to forgive others. Don’t assume that it’s too late to get involved.
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When you’re rotten about yourself, you become rotten to everyone else, even those you love.
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It is never too late or too soon. It is when it is supposed to be.
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Fear is how you lose your life…a little bit at a time…What we give to fear, we take away from…faith.
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