Life Lessons Quote by Mitch Albom — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“Morrie,” Koppel said, “that was seventy years ago your mother died. The pain still goes on?”

“Status will get you nowhere. Only an open heart will allow you to float equally between everyone.”

“There is no experience like having children.’ That’s all. There is no substitute for it. You cannot do it with a friend. You cannot do it with a lover. If you want the experience of having complete responsibility for another human being, and to learn how to love and bond in the deepest way, then you should have children.”

“Sometimes you cannot believe what you see, you have to believe what you feel. And if you are ever going to have other people trust you, you must feel that you can trust them, too---even when you're in the dark. Even when you're falling.”

“But everyone knows someone who has died, I said.”

“Look, no matter where you live, the biggest defect we human beings have is our shortsightedness. We don’t see what we could be. We should be looking at our potential, stretching ourselves into everything we can become. But if you’re surrounded by people who say ‘I want mine now,’ you end up with a few people with everything and a military to keep the poor ones from rising up and stealing it.”

“Some doors can lead you astray. Keep your focus on the right doors, and you will look back and appreciate the right decisions you made.”

“The children were overwhelmingly morbid. Not a single adult asked me where butterflies go when they die, but this question was more popular than pixie sticks with the under-four-foot set. I cursed parents for not preparing their children. When I was five, my mother and sister sat me up on the kitchen counter and explained the facts of life: the Easter Bunny didn't exist, Elijah was God's invisible friend, with any luck Nana would die soon, and if I ever saw a unicorn, I should kill it or catch it for cash. I turned out okay.”

“In your life, always be like a driver who runs the car not just a car.”

“When you are successful, do not forget those who stood by you before things looked good. Shower them with kindness and gratitude.”

“Success is not an overnight exercise. It is the result of taking one step at a time.”