Mitch Albom Quotes

You can be a mama's boy, be a daddy's boy, but you can't be both. So you cling to the one you think you might lose.

God -starts- things,' he [the Lord] said. 'Man stops them.

The manager once called me the 'best freak' in his stable, and, sad as it sounds, I took pride in that. When you are an outcast, even a tossed stone can be cherished.

Have you ever really had a teacher? One who saw you as a raw but precious thing, a jewel that, with wisdom, could be polished to a proud shine? If you are lucky enough to find your way to such teachers, you will always find your way back. Sometimes it is only in your head. Sometimes it is right alongside their beds

He did not know that the child who had asked for yesterday was now seeking to own tomorrow.

Sometimes I think the greatest talent of all is perseverance.

Before I entered the service, all I did was take orders. Next thing I knew, I was giving them.
Peacetime was one thing. Got a lot of wise guy recruits. But then the war started and the new men flooded in- young men, like you- and they were all saluting me, wanting me to tell them what to do. I could see the fear in their eyes. They acted as if I knew something about war that was classified. They thought I could keep them alive. You did too, didn't you?'
Eddie had to admit he did.
The Captain reached back and rubbed his neck. 'I couldn't, of course. I took my orders, too. But if I couldn't keep you alive, I thought I could at least keep you together. In the middle of a big war, you go looking for a small idea to believe in. When you find one, you hold it the way a soldier holds his crucifix when he's praying in a foxhole.
For me, that little idea was what I told you guys every day. No one gets left behind.

One of the best things a child can do for an adult is to draw them down, closer to the ground, for clearer reception to the voices of the earth.

How could he find perfection in such an average day? Then I realized this was the whole point.

The secret is not to make your music louder, but to make the world quieter.

People often belittle the place where they were born but heaven can be found in the most unlikely places.

Memory. Memory becomes your partner. You nurture it. You hold it. You dance with it.

You can't get stuck on the regrets of what should have happened

the running boy is inside every man, no matter how old he gets.

YOU TAKA MY SPACE
I BREAKA YOUR FACE