To look around is to be distressed; to look within is to be depressed; to look up is to be blessed.
—Corrie Ten Boom
Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.
—Corrie Ten Boom
Topics: Worry, Fear
Let God’s promises shine on your problems.
—Corrie Ten Boom
Topics: Problems, Promises
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
Worry is like a rocking chair: it keeps you moving but doesn’t get you anywhere.
—Corrie Ten Boom
Topics: Worry
The measure of a life, after all, is not its duration, but its donation.
—Corrie Ten Boom
Topics: Life and Living, Charity
Joy runs deeper than despair
—Corrie Ten Boom
Topics: Joy, Excitement
It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts.
—Corrie Ten Boom
Topics: Ability, One liners
Never be afraid to trust an unknown future to a known God.
—Corrie Ten Boom
Topics: The Future, Future
Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.
—Corrie Ten Boom
Topics: Worry
Any concern too small to be turned into a prayer is too small to be made into a burden.
—Corrie Ten Boom
Topics: Worry, Prayer
It was at a church service in Munich that I saw him, a former S.S. man who had stood guard at the shower room door in the processing center at Ravensbruck. He was the first of our actual jailers that I had seen since that time. And suddenly it was all there
—Corrie Ten Boom
Topics: Forgiveness
Does being born into a Christian family make one a Christian? No! God has no grandchildren.
—Corrie Ten Boom
Topics: Christianity
Wondering Whom to Read Next?
- Desiderius Erasmus Dutch Humanist, Scholar
- Baruch Spinoza Dutch Philosopher
- Etty Hillesum Jewish Diarist
- Aldous Huxley English Humanist
- Henri Nouwen Dutch Catholic Priest
- Vincent van Gogh Dutch Painter
- Stephen Samuel Wise American Jewish Rabbi
- Joshua L. Liebman American Jewish Rabbi
- Bahya ibn Paquda Jewish Philosopher
- Harold Kushner American Rabbi, Author
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