Life is too short to spend it being angry, bored, or dull.
BARBARA JOHNSONOld florists never die. They just make other arrangements.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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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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Laughter dulls the sharpest pain and flattens out the greatest stress. To share it is to give a gift of health.
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Old florists never die. They just make other arrangements.
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We spend our lives dreaming of the future, not realizing that a little of it slips away every day.
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Winners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!
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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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Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.
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Humor is the chocolate chips in the ice cream of life.
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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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Your face is a billboard advertising your philosophy of life!
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Kids can be a pain in the neck when they’re not a lump in your throat.
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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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When we have hope, we are showing that we trust God to work out the situation. Trust is the only way we’re going to make it through and be a part of God’s marvelous plan for His child.
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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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Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos. … I know what regret feels like; I’ve earned my credentials. But I also know what forgiveness feels like, because God has so graciously forgiven me.
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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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A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
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Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.
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Smile…it kills time between disasters.
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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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The most important things in your home are people.
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The secret of growing younger is counting blessings, not birthdays.
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We can never untangle all the woes in other people’s lives. We can’t produce miracles overnight. But we can bring a cup of cool water to a thirsty soul, or a scoop of laughter to a lonely heart.
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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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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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Always remember that better days are ahead – if not in this life, in the next.
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