Top 60 Barbara Johnson Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Change is a process, not an event.”

— Barbara Johnson

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

— Barbara Johnson

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

— Barbara Johnson

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

— Barbara Johnson

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5. “Prayer is asking for rain and faith is carrying the umbrella.”

— Barbara Johnson

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

— Barbara Johnson

7. “Attitude is the mind’s paintbrush; it can color any situation.”

— Barbara Johnson

8. “Winners see an answer for every problem; losers see a problem in every answer!”

— Barbara Johnson

9. “We are Easter people living in a Good Friday world.”

— Barbara Johnson

10. “Choices not chance determine your destiny.”

— Barbara Johnson

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

— Barbara Johnson

12. “A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.”

— Barbara Johnson

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

— Barbara Johnson

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

— Barbara Johnson

15. “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.”

— Barbara Johnson

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

— Barbara Johnson

17. “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

18. “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.”

— Barbara Johnson

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

— Barbara Johnson

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

— Barbara Johnson

21. “Have we forgotten that we’re all born the same way: naked, wet, and hungry? Then things get worse!”

— Barbara Johnson

22. “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.”

— Barbara Johnson

23. “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

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

— Barbara Johnson

25. “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

26. “Always remember that better days are ahead – if not in this life, in the next.”

— Barbara Johnson

27. “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

28. “Humor is the chocolate chips in the ice cream of life.”

— Barbara Johnson

29. “Your face is a billboard advertising your philosophy of life!”

— Barbara Johnson

30. “We spend our lives dreaming of the future, not realizing that a little of it slips away every day.”

— Barbara Johnson

31. “My karma just ran over my dogma.”

— Barbara Johnson

32. “Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends.”

— Barbara Johnson

33. “I’m glad God has all the answers, ’cause I barely understand the questions.”

— Barbara Johnson

34. “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.”

— Barbara Johnson

35. “Growing is a lifetime job, and we grow most when we’re down in the valleys, where the fertilizer is.”

— Barbara Johnson

36. “A lot of kneeling keeps one in good standing.”

— Barbara Johnson

37. “Being codependent means that when you die, someone else’s life passes before your eyes.”

— Barbara Johnson

38. “Cheer Up the worst is yet to come!”

— Barbara Johnson

39. “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.”

— Barbara Johnson

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

— Barbara Johnson

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

— Barbara Johnson

42. “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

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

— Barbara Johnson

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

— Barbara Johnson

45. “Worry is the senseless process of cluttering up tomorrows opportunities with leftover problems from today.”

— Barbara Johnson

46. “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.”

— Barbara Johnson

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

— Barbara Johnson

48. “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

49. “The most important things in your home are people.”

— Barbara Johnson

50. “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.”

— Barbara Johnson