The secret of growing younger is counting blessings, not birthdays.
BARBARA JOHNSONWe 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.
More Barbara Johnson Quotes
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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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I’m glad God has all the answers, ’cause I barely understand the questions.
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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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Always remember that better days are ahead – if not in this life, in the next.
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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 spend our lives dreaming of the future, not realizing that a little of it slips away every day.
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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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Old florists never die. They just make other arrangements.
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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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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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Motherhood: if it were going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor.
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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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Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.
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If we give someone a piece of bread and butter, that’s kindness, but if we put jelly or peanut butter on it, then it’s Loving Kindness.
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Winners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!
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