The attitude of kindness is everyday stuff like a great pair of sneakers. Not frilly. Not fancy. Just plain and comfortable.
BARBARA JOHNSONSmile…it kills time between disasters.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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I don’t have to figure out why or how or when. God has a plan, and I’m committed to it. That commitment frees me from having to worry about the details.
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We can choose to gather to our hearts the thorns of disappointment, failure, loneliness, and dismay in our present situation. Or we can gather the flowers of God’s grace, boundless love, abiding presence, and unmatched joy. I choose to gather the flowers.
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Your face is a billboard advertising your philosophy of life!
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Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
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Laughter is to life what shock absorbers are to automobiles. It won’t take the potholes out of the road, but it sure makes the ride smoother
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Change is a process not an event.
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A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
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Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go there right away.
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We are destined for joy no matter how difficult our daily life. Something in us responds to the happiness other people experience, because we glimpse life as God intended it to be.
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All we can take with us to heaven is what we leave behind in the lives we touch.
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Worry is the senseless process of cluttering up tomorrows opportunities with leftover problems from today
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Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
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As you’re rushing through life, take time to stop a moment, look into people’s eyes, say something kind, and try to make them laugh!
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The secret of growing younger is counting blessings, not birthdays.
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Winners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!
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I think living to be one hundred would be great, but living to fifty twice would be so much better.
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Allow your dreams a place in your prayers and plans. God-given dreams can help you move into the future He is preparing for you.
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Choices not chance determine your destiny.
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Violets are God’s apology for February.
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We cannot protect ourselves from trouble, but we can dance through the puddles of life with a rainbow smile, twirling the only umbrella we need — the umbrella of God’s love.
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Teaching literature is teaching how to read. How to notice things in a text that a speed-reading culture is trained to disregard, overcome, edit out, or explain away; how to read what the language is doing, not guess what the author was thinking; how to take evidence from a page, not seek a reality to substitute for it.
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Stop what you are doing long enough to enjoy the sunset, listen to a special song that lifts you up, or pick up the phone and share some special thought with a caring friend.
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Growing is a lifetime job, and we grow most when we’re down in the valleys, where the fertilizer is.
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A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing.
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If you can forgive the person you were, accept the person you are, and believe in the person you will become, you are headed for joy. So celebrate your life.
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How will you use the years God gives you? Will you be remembered for being a fault-finder? Or will you be known for your quick smile, the laugh lines around your eyes, and the twinkle deep within? After all, God gives you your face, but you provide the expression!
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