Mitch Albom Quotes

An aim in life is the only fortune worth finding.

Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your destiny.

I think most people struggle over a matter of years to find a satisfying way to live.

After graduating in the summer of 1980, I knew I wanted my life to count.

I'm on this road for the rest of my life.

The best path through life is the highway.

I just didn't know what the heck I wanted to do with my life, so I drove out to California and got really lucky.

I've always looked for the perfect life to step into. I've taken all the paths to get where I wanted. But no matter where I go, I still come home.

Visions are worth fighting for. Why spend your life making someone else's dreams?

Life ought to be a struggle of desire toward adventures whose nobility will fertilize the soul.

There's all these idealistic things that TV and movies tell you that you should want to be. And when you're growing up, you find out what you really care about and what really matters.

I don't know what to do. I only know that it's taken me years to understand that life was pushing me in a direction I didn't want to go in.

One of the amazing things we have been given as humans is the unquenchable desire to have dreams of a better life, and the ability to establish goals to live out those dreams.

I knew after my first lesson what I wanted to do with my life.

I spent the first 25 years of my life not knowing what I wanted to do.

I don't feel my capabilities in cookery are as big as my desire - as with so many aspects of my life.

My philosophy in life, where I was trying to get, could have been a little bit different.

I had this rare privilege of being able to pursue in my adult life, what had been my childhood dream.

What do you want? What do you want your life to be? What do you want your testimony to be? Go for it!

I look up and go, 'I'm living in the world I visualized a long time ago.' From making movies, to the Film Society, to just being in a film world. It's a life that I wanted to inhabit. I think everyone has the opportunity to do that in this world - it's just, are you gonna work for it, and how much does it mean to you?

Everybody has a purpose.

People actually tell me that I'm living my dream. And I'm like, 'It's a little more nuanced than that.'

I always thought I'd be a coach, but I'm still open to everything.

I think life is the sum total of your experiences.

Everyone's path is different. It's not always about money - sometimes it's about the journey.