34+ Lynn Johnston Quotes On Education, Better Or Worse And Humorous

Lynn Johnston is a Canadian cartoonist best known for her comic strip For Better or For Worse. She was the first woman to win the Reuben Award for Cartoonist of the Year from the National Cartoonists Society in 1985. Johnston's work has been published in more than 2,000 newspapers in 23 countries and translated into eight languages. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Lynn Johnston on education, leadership, life.

Top 10 Lynn Johnston Quotes

1. An apology is the superglue of life. It can repair just about anything.
2. In a way, a certain amount of self-criticism is a good thing, because it keeps you humble. Realizing that no matter what success you've achieved, you can still make enemies makes you humble, too.
3. Only a couple of times have I ever been to church and felt enlightened by it.
4. And my father was a comic. He could play any musical instrument. He loved to perform. He was a wonderfully comedic character. He had the ability to dance and sing and charm and analyze poetry.
5. You think about child abuse and you think of a father viciously attacking a daughter or a son, but in my family it was my mother. My mother, I would say, was a... very brutal disciplinarian.
6. Not being able to sleep is terrible. You have the misery of having partied all night... Without the satisfaction.
7. But even though all this was going on at home, if someone had tried to take me away and put me in a children's home, I couldn't have handled it. Even though my mother was very brutal, it was my home.
8. You have to be in love with your story ... It's the love of the light; the time of day; of watching the moment unravel.
9. Never tell anyone that you're writing a book, going on a diet, exercising, taking a course, or quitting smoking. They'll encourage you to death.
10. Sure, I've had some bad times, but everybody does. But people don't get to talk about them like I do, unless they do to a therapist. People don't get to put them in the paper like I do.

Lynn Johnston Short Quotes

• Mom and Dad would stay in bed on Sunday morning, but the kids would have to go to church.
• I'm not just buying a car... I'm buying a lifestyle!
• Every time I "get with the program"... somebody changes the channel.
• My mother was a very literate person who had educated herself. She had an exceptional vocabulary.
• But I married a guy who treated me very badly, but I was happy. I was miserable, so I was happy.
• No matter how old you are, there's always something good to look forward to.
• You don't have to die in order to make a living!
• Memories and magic is what Christmas is all about.
• I know it sounds crazy, but I have had far more connection with my parents after their deaths.
• You do not have to die to save their lives.

Lynn Johnston Quotes About Life

I was just so lucky to have a wonderful life after a tough marriage. — Lynn Johnston

When you're shy, a camera becomes an entry into life. It was a kind of shield I could hide my shyness behind, and it allowed me to become an active observer rather than a passive one. — Lynn Johnston

I've always felt that life is a novel, and part of it is written for you, and part of it is written by you. It's up to you to write the ending, ultimately. — Lynn Johnston

I've had some tremendous adventures, good and bad. It's part of the novel, and a novel isn't interesting if it doesn't have some good and bad. And you don't know what good is if bad hasn't been a part of your life — Lynn Johnston

Lynn Johnston Famous Quotes And Sayings

Its taken me a long time to become the person I am, for all the ugliness to fall away. The rotten flesh is gone, and the seed is there. I can touch that now. — Lynn Johnston

The toughest question has always been, "How do you get your ideas?" How do you answer that? It's like asking runners how they run, or singers how they sing. They just do it! — Lynn Johnston

Photographs help people look at things they may not be able or may not want to look at. Until you can look at something, you can't change it. First you have to look at it, then you have a chance to understand it and can change it. — Lynn Johnston

Complaining is good for you as long as you're not complaining to the person you're complaining about. — Lynn Johnston

I had a terrible marriage the first time around because I had no self-confidence, even though I had tremendous self-confidence. — Lynn Johnston

We are all born with wonderful gifts. We use these gifts to express ourselves, to amuse, to strengthen, and to communicate. We begin as children to explore and develop our talents, often unaware that we are unique, that not everyone can do what we're doing! — Lynn Johnston

My brother was a great audience, and if he liked the picture, he would laugh and laugh and laugh, and he would want to keep the picture. Making people laugh with an image I had created... what power that was! — Lynn Johnston

The emphasis in doing any in-depth photography is on building relationships, quality relationships. It's what I call thirty-cups-of-coffee-a-frame photography. You need to enter into the community - not just photographically, but intellectually and emotionally. — Lynn Johnston

If I was in love with someone, I would get their picture out of the school yearbook and do portraits. If I was curious about sex, I would draw pictures of it. There were no books for me to look at. Then I would go find my father's matches to burn the paper. — Lynn Johnston

On a lazy Saturday morning when you're lying in bed, drifting in and out of sleep, there is a space where fantasy and reality become one. Are you awake, or are you dreaming? You see people and things; some are familiar; some are strange. You talk, you feel, but you move without walking; you fly without wings. Your mind and your body exist, but on separate planes. Time stands still. For me, this is the feeling I have when ideas come. — Lynn Johnston

Life Lessons by Lynn Johnston

1. Lynn Johnston's work shows the importance of understanding and accepting change as life progresses. She demonstrates that it is possible to create meaningful stories from the mundane moments of everyday life.
2. Through her work, Johnston also highlights the importance of maintaining a sense of humour and perspective, even in difficult times.
3. Johnston's work serves as a reminder to embrace the present and cherish the moments we share with those we love.