Quotes from Corrie Ten Boom

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

Nobody can take away from you those texts from the Bible which you have learned by heart.

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

Forgiveness is an act of the will, and the will can function regardless of the temperature of the heart" "It is not my ability, but my response to God's ability that counts." "Let God's promises shine on your problems." "Worry is a cycle of inefficient thoughts whirling around a center of fear.

Life in Ravensbruck took place on two separate levels, mutually impossible. One, the observable, external life, grew every day more horrible. The other, the life we lived with God, grew daily better, truth upon truth, glory upon glory.

Jesus loves sinners. He only loves sinners. He has never turned anyone away who came to Him for forgiveness, and He died on the cross for sinners, not for respectable people.

What feeds the soul matters as much as what feeds the body.

Dear Jesus, I thank You that we must come with empty hands. I thank You that You have done all—all—on the cross, and that all we need in life or death is to be sure of this.

Thou art my hiding place and my shield: I hope in thy word... Hold thou me up, and I shall be safe...

Whatever in our life is hardest to bear, love can transform into beauty.

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

Our welfare in the hereafter depended on how much we could accomplish here on earth.