Barbara Johnson Quotes

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.

Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.

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

If 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.

Attitude is the mind's paintbrush; it can color any situation.

Always remember that better days are ahead - if not in this life, in the next.

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

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

Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.

A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.

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

Motherhood: if it were going to be easy, it never would have started with something called labor.

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.

True love doesn't have a happy ending, because true love never ends. Letting go is one way of saying I love you.

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.

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

I'm glad God has all the answers, 'cause I barely understand the questions.

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

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.

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

We are Easter people living in a Good Friday world.

Winners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!

Grudges are like hand grenades: it is wise to release them before they destroy you.

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.

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

A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing.

No one likes change... but babies in diapers.

Change is a process not an event.

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.

Worry is the senseless process of cluttering up tomorrows opportunities with leftover problems from today

The joy of motherhood: what a mother experiences when all her children are in bed

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

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!

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

The most important things in your home are people.

Humor is the chocolate chips in the ice cream of life.

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

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

Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional

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.

Violets are God's apology for February.

Everybody wants to go to heaven, but nobody wants to go there right away.

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

Life is too short to spend it being angry, bored, or dull.

Choices not chance determine your destiny.

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.

My karma just ran over my dogma.

Kids can be a pain in the neck when they're not a lump in your throat.

I think living to be one hundred would be great, but living to fifty twice would be so much better.

Your face is a billboard advertising your philosophy of life!