Barbara Johnson Quotes

Barbara Johnson was an American literary critic and translator, born in Boston. She was a Professor of English and Comparative Literature and the Fredric Wertham Professor of Law and Psychiatry in Society at Harvard University.

Birth: October 04, 1947 - Death: August 27, 2009

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

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.

Topic(s): Ifs , Believe , Persons

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

Topic(s): Hate , Principles , Chaos

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

Topic(s): Hands , Wisdom , Wise

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

Topic(s): Mind , Inspirational , Situation

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

Topic(s): Heart , Eye , Light

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

Topic(s): Inspirational , Jobs , Grows

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.

Topic(s): People , Matter , Joy

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

Topic(s): Inspirational , Problem , Winning

A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.

Topic(s): Hands , Eating , Food

Pain is inevitable. Misery is optional

Topic(s): Pain , Misery , Inevitable

My karma just ran over my dogma.

Topic(s): Ran , Karma , Dogma

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Barbara Johnson Quotes