Winners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!
BARBARA JOHNSONIf 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.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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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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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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Growing is a lifetime job, and we grow most when we’re down in the valleys, where the fertilizer is.
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We are Easter people living in a Good Friday world.
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Have we forgotten that we’re all born the same way: naked, wet, and hungry? Then things get worse!
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A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing.
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Worry is the senseless process of cluttering up tomorrows opportunities with leftover problems from today
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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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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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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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The secret of growing younger is counting blessings, not birthdays.
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Old florists never die. They just make other arrangements.
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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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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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Violets are God’s apology for February.
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