Corrie Ten Boom Quotes
Quotes to Explore
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I thought that communism, the tyranny of communism, was an abomination and I beseeched God to bring that terrible evil down and he did. It was a great triumph, it took awhile, but it happened.
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I remember, one day, I just printed out about a hundred CVs, and I was running around London. I was going to modeling agencies, temping agencies, anything. I was so desperate.
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Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.
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I am prepared to oppose a Jim Crow army till I rot in jail.
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By constant contemplation of excellence, we clear our selfhood of all dross and impurities.
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I have always thought that writers come with any variety of attributes. Some are capable and some aren't.
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I never see things I make in the same way that the audience does. You can never do that.
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Islam is fixed, stable, ordered and disciplined, and so are Muslims.
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I never eat in a restaurant that's over a hundred feet off the ground and won't stand still.
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When I'm writing, I'm in an isolation chamber. I'm not one to think about that outside world stuff when I'm writing.
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You can't possibly prepare for what happens to you the day you hit No. 1 and people treat you differently.
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The Republicans are coming - make nice.
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New York is such a diverse place in and of itself, it would be ridiculous to see it otherwise.
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Americans believe cotton is best, but we've invented new fabrics that will change your lifestyle.
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I am not afraid of taking risks. We have to take risks for peace.
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Nothing is more hopeless than a scheme of merriment.
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Educationists should build the capacities of the spirit of inquiry, creativity, entrepreneurial and moral leadership among students and become their role model.
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There is no example of someone reading their scripture and saying, 'I have a prediction about the world that no one knows yet, because this gave me insight. Let's go test that prediction,' and have the prediction be correct.
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I can't write about nice, easy topics because that won't change the world. And I do want to change the world - one reader at a time.
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The fact that there is nothing but a spiritual world deprives us of hope and gives us certainty.
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Teasing out the way the world might look through another's eyes is what makes the creative process so fascinating and enjoyable.
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I don't know how to cook, but I do know how to bake.
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In this dark world, the Lord Jesus gave us the task of passing on His love.
