Corrie ten Boom Quotes – Wisdom and Inspiration from a Holocaust Survivor

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.

Happiness isn’t dependent on our circumstances, but on our attitude towards them.

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

God doesn’t have problems, only plans.

Faith is like radar that sees through the fog.

Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred.

I have found in my life that the greatest victories are often won on our knees.

Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts, whirling around a center of fear.

There is no pit so deep that God’s love is not deeper still.

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

Happiness isn’t something that depends on our surroundings, it’s something we create in our minds.

Faith sees the invisible, believes the incredible, and receives the impossible.

Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one’s weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.

The measure of a life is not its duration, but its donation.

When we are powerless to change a situation, we can still turn to God in prayer.

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.

Corrie ten Boom Quotes – Wisdom and Inspiration from a Holocaust Survivor part 2

God takes our sin, our anxiety, our guilt, our fear, and gives back peace.

Every experience God gives us, every person He puts into our lives, is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.

Trying to do the Lord’s work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work.

Let God’s promises shine on your problems.

Don’t pray when you feel like it. Have an appointment with the Lord and keep it.

The first step on the road to victory is to recognize the enemy.

The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.

The safest place to be is in the center of God’s will.

There is no pit so deep that God’s love is not deeper still.

Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?

Worry is like a rocking chair: it gives you something to do but never gets you anywhere.

God doesn’t require us to succeed, He only requires that you try.

When a Christian shuns fellowship with other Christians, the devil smiles.

You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.

You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.

Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.

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

Don’t bother to give God instructions; just report for duty.

If God sends us on strong paths, we are provided strong shoes.

Happiness isn’t something that depends on our surroundings, it’s something we create in our minds.

Every experience God gives us, every person He puts into our lives, is the perfect preparation for a future only He can see.

Learn a lesson from the fig tree. As soon as its twigs get tender and its leaves come out, you know that summer is near.

Memories are the key not to the past, but to the future.

Making the wrong decision is better than making no decision.

When we are powerless to change a situation, we can still turn to God in prayer.

When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.

If God has called you, do not spend time looking over your shoulder to see who is following you.

You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have.

With Jesus, even in our darkest moments, the best remains and the very best is yet to be.