Mitch Albom Quotes

I know what I can do and what I can't.

You can't deny your limitations.

I have a fairly realistic idea about what my gifts and limitations are.

Our friends must not expect us to do things we cannot do.

It's important to know what you can do and what you can't.

As you get older, you know what you're good at and you know what you're not so good at. Your ego comes out of it, and then you realise you can't play every game, there'll be certain games where you won't be so affected... so you've just got to concentrate on what you are.

You can either sing or you can't. And I'm one of the can'ts.

I can't write the book I want to write, but I can and will write the book I am capable of writing.

You can have all you can expect and accept.

When we refuse to accept our limitations, Nature, who is a stern realist, pays us out.

I am the age that I am and I am trying to do the best with what I got.

Maturity, the way I understand it, is knowing what your limitations are.

When we accept the fact that we can't do everything, we are more willing to ask for and accept help when we do anything.

Make peace with the knowledge that you can't have everything you want. Why? Because it's more important for us to get everything we need.

A man must know his limitations.

When I've been open and accepting of where I am, things start opening up.

I’m trying to accept where I’m at, not run from it.

Whatever you accept completely will take you to peace, including the acceptance that you cannot accept, that you are in resistance.

When people show you their boundaries ("I can't do this for you") you feel rejected...part of your struggle is to set boundaries to your own love. Only when you are able to set your own boundaries will you be able to acknowledge, respect and even be grateful for the boundaries of others.

To accept duality is to earn identity.

It is no disgrace not to be able to do everything; but to undertake, or pretend to do, what you are not made for, is not only shameful, but extremely troublesome and vexatious.

And have the courage to accept that you're not perfect; nothing is, and no one is - and that's OK.

The boundary to what we can accept is the boundary to our freedom.

The degree to which you will awaken is in direct proportion to the amount of truth you are willing to accept about yourself.