It's precisely in my weakness that I come close to other people.

— Ulla Schaible (b. 1943), Buchautorin, Lebensberaterin und Referentin

Ulla Schaible

Ulla Schaible (* 1943) ist eine deutsche evangelische Buchautorin, Lebensberaterin und Referentin, die unter anderem durch die Mitbegründung der christlichen Lebensgemeinschaft „Wörnersberger Anker“ im Schwarzwald bekannt wurde. In ihren zahlreichen Lebenshilfe- und Ratgeberbüchern verbindet sie pietistische Frömmigkeit mit praktischen Fragen der Beziehungsgestaltung und Persönlichkeitsentwicklung. Bibellesern begegnet sie heute vor allem durch prägnante Sinnsprüche und alltagsbezogene Impulse zu Themen wie Vertrauen, Dankbarkeit und Lebensführung.

All quotes by Ulla Schaible (11)

More on this topic

It is better to be a patient of Christ than a doctor of theology.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Inner dignity remains, even when performance capacity and social role decline.
Anselm Grün

He has chosen not to heal me, but to hold me. The more intense the pain, the closer His embrace.
Joni Eareckson Tada

Having no arms and legs isn't as bad as having no hope!
Nick Vujicic

Fits of depression come over the most of us. Usually cheerful as we may be, we must at intervals be cast down. The strong are not always vigorous, the wise not always ready, the brave not always courageous, and the joyous not always happy.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon

I am certain that I never did grow in grace one-half so much anywhere as I have upon the bed of pain.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon

I am so weak. I can’t read my Bible. I can’t even pray. I can only lie still in God’s arms like a little child and trust.
Hudson Taylor

The bow cannot be always bent without fear of breaking. Repose is as needful to the mind as sleep to the body… Rest time is not waste time. It is economy to gather fresh strength.
Charles Haddon Spurgeon

All quotes · lumen.bible