Quotes by Corrie Ten Boom

About Corrie Ten Boom:

Cornelia "Corrie" ten Boom was a Dutch Christian who, along with her father and other family members, helped many Jews escape the Nazi Holocaust during World War II. She was imprisoned for her actions. Her most famous book, The Hiding Place, describes the ordeal.
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Let God's promises shine on your problems.

Corrie Ten Boom

Discernment is God's call to intercession, never to faultfinding.

Corrie Ten Boom

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

Corrie Ten Boom

Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.

Corrie Ten Boom

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

Corrie Ten Boom

We never know how God will answer our prayers, but we can expect that He will get us involved in His plan for the answer. If we are true intercessors, we must be ready to take part in God’s work on behalf of the people for whom we pray.

Corrie Ten Boom

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

Voltaire expected that within fifty years of his lifetime there would not be one Bible in the world. His house is now a distribution centre for Bibles in many languages.

Corrie Ten Boom

Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?

Corrie Ten Boom

when we are powerless to do a thing, it is a great joy that we can come and step inside the ability of Jesus

Corrie Ten Boom

You saw we could lose our lives for this child. I would consider that the greatest honor that could come to my family.

Corrie Ten Boom

You say we could lose our lives for this child. I would consider that the greatest honor that could come to my family.

Corrie Ten Boom

Faith is like radar that sees through the fog -- the reality of things at a distance that the human eye cannot see.

Corrie Ten Boom

God dealt with our whole situation on the cross; there is nothing left for you to settle. Just say to Him, "Lord, I cannot forgive and I will no longer try to do it; but I trust that You in me will do it. I can't forgive and love; but I trust that Yo...

Corrie Ten Boom

To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover the prisoner was you.

Corrie Ten Boom

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

Corrie Ten Boom

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

Corrie Ten Boom

Child, you have to learn to see things in the right proportions. Learn to see great things great and small things small.

Corrie Ten Boom

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

Corrie Ten Boom

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow, it empties today of its strength.” Corrie ten Boom

Corrie Ten Boom

Life is but a Weaving” (the Tapestry Poem) “My life is but a weaving Between my God and me. I cannot choose the colors He weaveth steadily. Oft’ times He weaveth sorrow; And I in foolish pride Forget He sees the upper And I the underside. Not �...

Corrie Ten Boom

Author Bio

  • NameCorrie Ten Boom
  • DescriptionRighteous Among the Nations
  • BornApril 15, 1892
  • DiedApril 15, 1983
  • CountryNetherlands
  • ProfessionWriter; Autobiographer
  • AwardsRighteous Among The Nations