Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
BARBARA JOHNSONYou have to look for the joy. Look for the light of God that is hitting your life, and you will find sparkles you didn’t know were there.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing.
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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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I think living to be one hundred would be great, but living to fifty twice would be so much better.
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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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The attitude of kindness is everyday stuff like a great pair of sneakers. Not frilly. Not fancy. Just plain and comfortable.
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Don’t let your life speed out of control. Live intentionally. Do something today that will last beyond your lifetime.
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Live for today, but hold your hands open to tomorrow. Anticipate the future and its changes with joy. There is a seed of God’s love in every event, every unpleasant situation in which you may find yourself.
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Life is too short to spend it being angry, bored, or dull.
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We are Easter people living in a Good Friday world.
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Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness.
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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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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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I’m glad God has all the answers, ’cause I barely understand the questions.
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Humor is the chocolate chips in the ice cream of life.
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Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends.
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