Mitch Albom Quotes

I try to not go over things from the past. Learn your lessons and then let it go.

Forgiveness is giving up the hope that the past could have been any different, it's accepting the past for what it was, and using this moment and this time to help yourself move forward.

If I could undo what's been done, But I guess everyone is living, With water and bridges.

We cannot erase the past, but we can accept it as history.

The hardest part of living is making peace with your past. Most of all, it’s making peace with yourself.

The past was gone. Nothing could change what had already been. Looking back at it, letting its wounds fester, indulging in regret was just a different, slower way to die. The living moved forward.

Forgive yourself for your faults and your mistakes and move on.

You're human; you make mistakes. You have to put all the things in the past.

My biggest life lesson is that the past is the past. I do my best not to bring history into my present. It ain't ever easy, but it usually creates more opportunity for joyful experiences.

Accept the past as past, without denying it or discarding it.

Learn to forgive yourself and move on.

Forgive yourself before you die. Then forgive others.

You make PEACE with your past by owning your PIECE of the past.

Having asked God for forgiveness, accept release, then truly forgive yourself and turn your back definitely on the matter.

One of the keys to learning for me has been to not get so hung up on the past. It's important to remember the past, but that doesn't mean you have to torture yourself with it by reliving it every single day.

One can forgive but one should never forget.

And I will forget her, yes. That which came together will fall apart slowly, but she will forgive my forgetting, just as I forgive her for forgetting me and the Colonel and nothing but herself and her mom in those last moments as she spent as a person.

You are not your past.

Forgiveness is a gift to yourself. It frees you from the past, past experiences, and past relationships. It allows you to live in the present time. When you forgive yourself and forgive others, you are indeed free.

We all make mistakes, don't we? But if you can't forgive yourself, you'll always be an exile in your own life.

People spend thousands in therapy digging and digging in the past. When you dig and dig, you find relics. Try to forgive yourself and get back on that ride.

Nothing erases the past. There is repentance, there is atonement, and there is forgiveness. That is all, but that is enough.

All this time, Lev ever realized what he needed. He did not need to be adored or pitied. He needed to be forgiven. Not by God, who is all forgiving. Not by people like Marcus and Pastor Dan, who would always stand by his side. He needed to be forgiven by an unforgiving world.

Forgive yourself, but don't forget

I think there comes a point where you have to grow up and get over yourself, lighten up…and forgive