When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.
CORRIE TEN BOOM
CORRIE TEN BOOM
Corrie ten Boom on failure
Corrie ten Boom79 quotes“When I try, I fail. When I trust, He succeeds.”
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The first step on the way to victory is to recognize the enemy.
Corrie ten BoomCorrie ten Boom There is no pit so deep, that God’s love is not deeper still.
Corrie ten BoomCorrie ten Boom Hold everything in your hands lightly, otherwise it hurts when God pries your fingers open.
Corrie ten BoomCorrie ten Boom We must mirror God’s love in the midst of a world full of hatred. We are the mirrors of God’s love, so we may show Jesus by our lives.
Corrie ten BoomCorrie ten Boom When people come up and give me a compliment. I take each remark as if it were a flower. At the end of the day I lift up the bouquet of flowers I have gathered throughout the day and say, ‘Here you are, Lord, it is all Yours.’
Corrie ten BoomCorrie ten Boom 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.
Corrie ten BoomCorrie ten Boom 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.
Corrie ten BoomCorrie ten Boom We can’t solve problems for others. We can introduce them to the Lord.
Corrie ten BoomCorrie ten Boom If God has called you, do not spend time looking over your shoulder to see who is following you.
Corrie ten BoomCorrie ten Boom Worries carry responsibilities that belong to God, not to you. Worry does not enable us to escape evil; it makes us unfit to cope with it when it comes.
Corrie ten BoomCorrie ten Boom 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.
Corrie ten BoomCorrie ten Boom I have never met anybody who was sorry that they asked Jesus into their heart.
Corrie ten BoomCorrie 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 BoomCorrie 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 BoomCorrie ten Boom Be united with other Christians. A wall with loose bricks is not good. The bricks must be cemented together.
Corrie ten BoomCorrie ten Boom In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm.
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Sadness shoots a bullet straight at your heart and love buys you time.
Shelby CaudleShelby Caudle Do you think it possible that some people are born to give more love than they will ever get back in return?
Tyler Knott GregsonTyler Knott Gregson It’s been a long time since we said goodbye and yet the echoes of it are still ringing in our ears.
Ranata SuzukiRanata Suzuki In this wilderness, Mankind is the animal I fear.
Addison SchmittAddison Schmitt We can always walk with them in the rain instead of just lending an umbrella.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh Flowers only wither to bloom again. So shall you break, only to be whole again.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya What do you do when the passion burns out? Start another fire.
Jonny OxJonny Ox To love well is the task in all meaningful relationships, not just romantic bonds.
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If I fail, I try again, and again, and again. If YOU fail, are you going to try again? The human spirit can handle much worse than we realize. It matters HOW you are going to FINISH. Are you going to finish strong?
Nick VujicicNick Vujicic A minute of success pays for years of failure.
Robert BrowningRobert Browning It may have been observed that there is no regular path for getting out of love as there is for getting in. Some people look upon marriage as a short cut that way, but it has been known to fail.
Thomas HardyThomas Hardy But for failing love on our part, therefore is all our travail.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich I will try one hundred times to get up, and if I fail one hundred times. If I fail and I give up, will I ever get up? No! If I fail I’ll try again, and again and again. But I want to tell you it’s not the end.
Nick VujicicNick Vujicic Everyone agrees that the failure of our high schools is tragic. It’s bad business, and it’s bad policy. But we act as if it can’t be helped. It can be helped. We designed these high schools; we can redesign them.
Melinda GatesMelinda Gates When you believe in your dream and your vision, then it begins to attract its own resources. No one was born to be a failure.
Myles MunroeMyles Munroe People fail to understand that unless they are themselves willing to give, they will never receive.
Norman Vincent PealeNorman Vincent Peale