Cornelia Arnolda Johanna “Corrie” ten Boom was a Dutch Christian watchmaker and later a writer who worked with her father, Casper ten Boom, her sister Betsie ten Boom, and other family members to help many Jewish people escape from the Nazis during the Holocaust in World War II by hiding them in her home. Here are some life quotes from Corrie Ten Boom. We hope Corrie Ten Boom quotes will inspire you.
Best of Corrie Ten Boom quotes
1.“Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”
2.“Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.”
3.“Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.”
4.“This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.”
5.“Worrying is carrying tomorrow’s load with today’s strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorrow ahead of time. Worrying doesn’t empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.”
6.“If you look at the world, you’ll be distressed. If you look within, you’ll be depressed. If you look at God you’ll be at rest.”
7.“Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.”
8.“You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.”
9.“There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.”
10.“Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?”
11.“What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.“
12.“In darkness God’s truth shines most clear.”
13.“Some knowledge is too heavy…you cannot bear it…your Father will carry it until you are able.”
14.“Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.”
15.“Trying to do the Lord’s work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you.”
16.“Happiness isn’t something that depends on our surroundings…It’s something we make inside ourselves.”
17.“Don’t bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.”
18.“Dear Jesus…how foolish of me to have called for human help when You are here.”
19.“It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.”
20.“when we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus”
21.“There are no ‘if’s’ in God’s world. And no places that are safer than other places. The center of His will is our only safety – let us pray that we may always know it!”
22.“There is no panic in Heaven! God has no problems, only plans.”
23.“Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.”
24.“Whenever we cannot love in the old, human way . . . God can give us the perfect way.”
25.“Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.”
26. “Faith is like radar that sees through the fog.”
27. “In darkness God’s truth shines most clear.”
28.“When He tells us to love our enemies He gives, along with the command, the love itself.”
29.“No pit is so deep that He is not deeper still; with Jesus even in our darkest moments, the best remains and the very best is yet to be.”