Barbara Johnson Quotes

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Patience is the ability to idle your motor when you feel like stripping your gears.

Barbara Johnson
Whatever it is probably won't go away, so we might as well live and laugh through it. When we double over laughing, we're bending so we won't break. If you think your particular troubles are too heavy and too traumatic to laugh about, remember that laughing is like changing a baby's diaper. It doesn't solve any problems permanently, but it makes things more acceptable for awhile.

Barbara Johnson
Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.

Barbara Johnson
Life can be wonderful. Do your best not to miss it! Enjoy what it is before it isn't anymore. Dare to slip on a pair of bunny slippers once in a while! Surprise yourself! Enjoy the little things because one day you'll look back and realize they were the big things!

Barbara Johnson
Don't let your life speed out of control. Live intentionally. Do something today that will last beyond your lifetime.

Barbara Johnson
All we can take with us to heaven is what we leave behind in the lives we touch.

Barbara Johnson
Life is a refining process. Our response to it determines whether we'll be ground down or polished up. On a piano, one person sits down and plays sonatas, while another merely bangs away at "Chopsticks." The piano is not responsible. It's how you touch the keys that makes the difference. It's how you play what life gives you that determines your joy and shine.

Barbara Johnson
Live every day to fulfill your personal mission. God has a reason for whatever season you are living through right now. A season of loss or blessing? A season of activity or hibernation? A season of growth or incubation? You may think you're on a detour, but God knows the best way for you to reach your destination.

Barbara Johnson
It never hurts your eyesight to look on the bright side of things.

Barbara Johnson
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!

Barbara Johnson
Once a reporter stood in front of a fire as it consumed a house and then he turned to see the homeowners and their little son watching it burn. The reporter, fishing for a human interest angle, said to the boy, "Son, it looks like you don't have a home anymore." The little boy promptly answered, "Oh, yes, we have a home. We just don't have a house to put it in."

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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.

Barbara Johnson
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.

Barbara Johnson
The attitude of kindness is everyday stuff like a great pair of sneakers. Not frilly. Not fancy. Just plain and comfortable.

Barbara Johnson
You 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.

Barbara Johnson
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.

Barbara Johnson
God never gives up on us no matter how hard we try to get ourselves loose. God does not let go. That doesn't mean he controls everything we do. It doesn't mean he puts a bridle on us and leads us by the nose. He gives each one of us free will and common sense and a spirit that can communicate with his. When we go through afflictions, he allows us to choose our response. But no matter what our response may be, he sticks around to the bitter end.

Barbara Johnson
God will never let you sink under your circumstances. He always provides a safety net and His love always encircles.

Barbara Johnson
Growing is a lifetime job, and we grow most when we're down in the valleys, where the fertilizer is.

Barbara Johnson
Laughter dulls the sharpest pain and flattens out the greatest stress. To share it is to give a gift of health.

Barbara Johnson
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.

Barbara Johnson
The secret of growing younger is counting blessings, not birthdays.

Barbara Johnson
Being codependent means that when you die, someone else's life passes before your eyes.

Barbara Johnson
Change is inevitable, except from a vending machine.

Barbara Johnson
Kids are like sponges — they absorb all your strength and leave you limp, but give them a squeeze and you get it all back!

Barbara Johnson
My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.

Barbara Johnson
Have we forgotten that we're all born the same way: naked, wet, and hungry? Then things get worse!

Barbara Johnson
Your face is a billboard advertising your philosophy of life!

Barbara Johnson
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.

Barbara Johnson
Faith is seeing light with your heart when all your eyes see is darkness.

Barbara Johnson