Quotes & anectdotes from the wise, the foolish, the courageous & the drunk

Corrie Ten Boom Author

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: Netherlands
  • Born: Apr 15, 1892
  • Died: Apr 15, 1983

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 and was imprisoned for it. Her most famous book, The Hiding Place, describes the ordeal.

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. trust

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

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

Worry does not empty tomorrow of its sorrow. It empties today of its strength. strength & sympathy

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

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

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

Mother's Day May 12, 2025

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22 views from Robert Browning

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53 sayings from Honore de Balzac

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5 sayings from Isadora Duncan

The babe at first feeds upon the mother's bosom, but it is always on her heart. 58 more sayings from Henry Ward Beecher

58 more sayings from Henry Ward Beecher