Mitch Albom Quotes

It’s funny. I met a man once who did a lot of mountain climbing. I asked him which was harder, ascending or descending? He said without a doubt descending, because ascending you were so focused on reaching the top, you avoided mistakes.
The backside of a mountain is a fight against human nature,” he said. “You have to care as much about yourself on the way down as you did on the way up.

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.

All I was afraid of is saying good-bye.

It might seem strange to start a story with an ending. But all endings are also beginnings. We just don’t know it at the time.

Behind all your stories is always your mother's story. Because hers is where yours begin.

You are not your past.

The little things, I can obey. The big things — how we think, what we value — those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone — or any society — determine those for you.

When you're rotten about yourself, you become rotten to everyone else, even those
you love.

We all have the same beginning - birth - and we all have the same end - death. So how different can we be?

Scenery without solace is meaningless.

Secrets tear you apart.

There is a reason God limits man's days.

The more you defend a lie, the angrier you become.

No matter how smart she appeared, she was
fragile at her core.

"So, have we solved the secret of happiness?

"I believe so," he said

Are you going to tell me?

"Yes.Ready?"

Ready.

"Be satisfied."

That's it?

"Be greatful."

That's it?

"For what you have.For the love you receive.And for what God has given you."

That's it?

He looked me in the eye.Then he sighed deeply.

"That's it.