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Mitchell David Albom (born May 23, 1958) is an American author, sports journalist, talk show host, and philanthropist. As of 2021, his books are reported to have sold 40 million copies worldwide. Having achieved national recognition as a sports journalist early on in his writing career, Albom turned to writing inspirational stories and themes—a preeminent early one being Tuesdays with Morrie.

Quotes from Mitch Albom

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

—Mitch Albom in The Five People You Meet in Heaven

life beginnings endings

I thought about all the people I knew who spent many of their waking hours feeling sorry for themselves. How useful it would be to put a daily limit on self-pity. Just a few tearful minutes, then on with the day.

—Mitch Albom in Tuesdays With Morrie

Holding on to things only breaks your heart.

—Mitch Albom in The Time Keeper

Fates are connected in ways we don't understand.

—Mitch Albom in The Time Keeper

We all yearn for what we have lost. But sometimes, we forget what we have.

—Mitch Albom in The Time Keeper

Everyone knows they're going to die, but nobody believes it. If we did, we would do things differently.

—Mitch Albom in Tuesdays With Morrie

life death choices

The secret to happiness… be satisfied and be grateful.

—Mitch Albom in Have a Little Faith

I think people expect too much from marriage today. They expect perfection. Every moment should be bliss. That's TV or movies. But that is not the human experience. Twenty good minutes here, forty good minutes there, it adds up to something beautiful. The trick is when things aren't so great, you don't junk the whole thing. It's okay to have an argument. It's okay that the other one nudges you a little, bothers you a little. It's part of being close to someone. But the joy you get from that same closeness—when you watch your children, when you wake up and smile at each other—that is a blessing. People forget that.

—Mitch Albom in Have a Little Faith

Nothing haunts us like the things we don't say.

—Mitch Albom in Have a Little Faith

It's very simple. As you grow, you learn more. If you stayed at twenty-two, you'd always be as ignorant as you were at twenty-two. Aging is not just decay, you know. It's growth. It's more than the negative that you're going to die, it's also the positive that you understand you're going to die, and that you live a better life because of it.

—Mitch Albom in Tuesdays With Morrie

If you're trying to show off for people at the top, forget it. They will look down on you anyhow. And if you're trying to show off for people at the bottom, forget it. They will only envy you.

—Mitch Albom in Tuesdays With Morrie

appearance envy showing off primping

Holding anger is a poison. It eats you from the inside. We think that hating is a weapon that attacks the person who harmed us. But hatred is a curved blade. And the harm we do, we do to ourselves.

—Mitch Albom in The Five People You Meet in Heaven

Love comes when you least expect it. Love comes when you most need it. Love comes when you are ready to receive it or can no longer deny it.

—Mitch Albom in The Next Person You Meet in Heaven

Dying? Not the end of everything. We think it is. But what happens on earth is only the beginning.

—Mitch Albom in The Five People You Meet in Heaven

death earth heaven afterlife

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

—Mitch Albom in The Five People You Meet in Heaven

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Books

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