Quotes from Corrie Ten Boom

The tree on the mountain takes whatever the weather brings. If it has any choice at all, it is in putting down roots as deeply as possible."---Each New Day

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

You can't love God without loving the Jewish people.

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.

Thank you, Lord, that You are the Conqueror and that You want to make us more than conquerors.

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

Worry is like racing the engine of an automobile without letting in the clutch.

Worry is like a rocking chair-it keeps you moving but doesn't get you anywhere.

If a bird is flying for pleasure, it flies with the wind, but if it meets danger it turns and faces the wind, in order that it may rise higher.

Worry is an old man with bended head, carrying a load of feathers which he thinks are lead.

I have experienced His presence in the deepest hell that man can create. I have really tested the promises of the Bible, and believe me, you can count on them.

I would much rather be the trusting child of a rich Father, than a beggar at the door of worldly men.

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

When you want to work for God start a committee. When you want to work with God start a prayer group

Perhaps only when human effort had done it's best and failed, would God's power alone be free to work.

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

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart.

This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect preparation for the future that only He can see.

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.

If you look at the world, you'll be distressed. If you look within, you'll be depressed. If you look at God you'll be at rest.

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

Do you know what hurts so very much? It's love. Love is the strongest force in the world, and when it is blocked that means pain. There are two things we can do when this happens. We can kill that love so that it stops hurting. But then of course part of us dies, too. Or we can ask God to open up another route for that love to travel.

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

Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?