Quotes by Corrie ten Boom

Corrie ten Boom (1892–1983) — Schriftstellerin und Zeitzeugin · Reformiert · Niederlande

Die niederländische Schriftstellerin und Evangelistin Corrie ten Boom rettete während des Zweiten Weltkriegs in Haarlem verfolgte Menschen vor dem Holocaust und überlebte die Gefangenschaft im Konzentrationslager Ravensbrück. Bekannt wurde sie durch ihren autobiografischen Bericht „Die Zuflucht“ sowie durch ihren weltweiten Dienst, in dem sie Vergebung und Vertrauen auf Gott auch angesichts extremen Leids betonte. Für Bibelleser steht ihr Leben für eine praktisch gelebte Nächstenliebe unter Lebensgefahr und die Herausforderung radikaler Vergebungsbereitschaft.

Era: The 20th Century

Recurring topics: Faith & Trust, Grace & Redemption, Prayer & Silence, Hope & Confidence, Fear & Anxiety, Guilt & Forgiveness, Discipleship, Love

Quotes by Corrie ten Boom

Courage is fear that has said its prayers.
Corrie ten Boom

Those who wait on God lose nothing by waiting.
Corrie ten Boom

When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you don’t throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit still and trust the engineer.
Corrie ten Boom

Worrying does not take away tomorrow's sorrow, it takes away today's strength.
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There is no sin so great that one cannot come to Jesus with it.
Corrie ten Boom

A saint on his knees can see further than a philosopher on his tiptoes.
Corrie ten Boom

When the Lord takes away your sins, you never see them again. He throws them into the deepest sea - forgiven and forgotten. I even believe he puts up a sign over it: No Fishing Allowed!
Corrie ten Boom

The Bible is almost bursting with good news for bad people.
Corrie ten Boom

Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
Corrie ten Boom

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.
Corrie ten Boom

Look around and you will see distress; look within and you will be depressed; look at Jesus and you will be at rest.
Corrie ten Boom

If God sends us on stony paths, he gives us strong shoes.
Corrie ten Boom

And so I have discovered that it does not depend on our forgiveness or goodness whether this world is healed, but on his. When he tells us to love our enemies, he gives us, along with the command, the love to do it.
Corrie ten Boom

Look away from your faith, look at Him, the author and finisher of your faith. He gives you the full measure of faith you need today.
Corrie ten Boom

Being a Christian does not mean straining hard by yourself, but entrusting yourself to the pierced hands of Jesus.
Corrie ten Boom

When Jesus commands us to love our enemies, he himself gives us the love he demands of us.
Corrie ten Boom

No pit is so deep that the Lord is not deeper still. Underneath us are the everlasting arms.
Corrie ten Boom

Faith grows strong in the darkness of testing! Photos are developed in dark rooms.
Corrie ten Boom

Jesus throws our sins into the depths of the sea (Micah 7:19) and puts up a sign on the shore: No fishing!
Corrie ten Boom

God's hands are soft, even where his ways are rough.
Corrie ten Boom

We have experienced that his light is stronger than the deepest darkness.
Corrie ten Boom

When you think you have lost everything, you can be found by Jesus.
Corrie ten Boom

Why should we hold on to the sins of others, while our own sins are cast into the depths of the sea?
Corrie ten Boom

Lord, thank you that you do not demand a great faith, but faith in a great God.
Corrie ten Boom

A dying old man once said: I can no longer remember God's promises. But it doesn't matter: God hasn't forgotten a single one.
Corrie ten Boom

As a camel kneels before its master so he can take the burden off at the end of the day, so kneel down every evening and let the Master take your burden off you.
Corrie ten Boom

When temptation knocks at the door, I ask Jesus to answer it. That is the surest way to get rid of it.
Corrie ten Boom

In a forest fire there is always a place the fire can no longer reach: the ground the fire has already burned out. Golgotha is the place where the fire of God's judgment on our sin has already burned itself out completely.
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The cross can be heavy, but never heavier than God's grace.
Corrie ten Boom

The will of God is either a burden we carry or a strength that carries us.
Corrie ten Boom

The Lord has no problems. He has plans! That's why there is never panic in heaven. And on earth we are called to a living hope.
Corrie ten Boom

Don't build a staircase of good works to reach heaven. Heaven is far from good people, and only one step away from a sinner.
Corrie ten Boom

Our life on earth is only the first page of the book, not the last.
Corrie ten Boom

In the world you must pass tests to be worth something, but before God you may fail and still be chosen.
Corrie ten Boom

Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?
Corrie ten Boom

Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it. A man is powerful on his knees.
Corrie ten Boom

Forgiveness is the power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness.
Corrie ten Boom

If a worry is too small to be turned into a prayer, it is too small to be made into a burden.
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Jesus is victor, even over the past.
Corrie ten Boom

We are the channels of God's love, not reservoirs.
Corrie ten Boom

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Sources: christenenvoorisrael.nl, refoweb.nl, lalageleest.nl, pbs.org

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