# Quote — Mitch Albom, The Five People You Meet in Heaven

> Young men go to war. Sometimes because they are have to, sometimes because they want to. Always, they feel they are supposed to. This comes from the sad, layered stories of life, which over the centuries have seen courage confused with picking up arms, and cowardice confused with laying them down.

- Author: [Mitch Albom](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mitch-albom.md)
- Book: [The Five People You Meet in Heaven](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mitch-albom/the-five-people-you-meet-in-heaven.md)
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- Quote page: https://www.leafyquotes.com/mitch-albom/the-five-people-you-meet-in-heaven/young-men-go-to-war

## More from this book

> Sometimes when you sacrifice something precious, you're not really losing it. You're just passing it on to somebody else.

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mitch-albom/the-five-people-you-meet-in-heaven/sometimes-when-you.md)

> "No life is a waste," the Blue Man said. "The only time we waste is the time we spend thinking we are alone."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mitch-albom/the-five-people-you-meet-in-heaven/no-life-is-a-waste.md)

> "One withers, another grows."

[Quote page](https://www.leafyquotes.com/mitch-albom/the-five-people-you-meet-in-heaven/one-withers-another.md)