Quotes by Dutch authors

Dutch FlagThe Netherlands, also referred to as Holland, is a country with an abundant social heritage that extends centuries. Its people have an one-of-a-kind perspective on life, mirroring their history of technology, expedition, as well as commerce. From the work of arts of Rembrandt as well as Van Gogh to the windmills and also tulip areas, the Netherlands is a nation that commemorates appeal, creativity, and also materialism. In this post, we will certainly explore some of one of the most memorable and also motivating quotes from Dutch authors, poets, and leaders. These quotes supply insight right into the Dutch values and ideas, including their love of flexibility, their entrepreneurial spirit, as well as their commitment to social justice. Whether going over art, nature, or the value of tolerance, these quotes provide a peek into the special culture as well as heritage of the Netherlands.
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Small: I prayed to dispel my fear, until suddenly, and I do not know how the idea came to me, I began to pray for oth
Corrie Ten Boom
"I prayed to dispel my fear, until suddenly, and I do not know how the idea came to me, I began to pray for others. I prayed for everyone who came into my thoughts - - people with whom I had traveled, those who had been in prison with me, my school friends of years ago. I do not know how long I continued my prayer, but this I do know - - my fear was gone! Interceding for others had released me!"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
Small: In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discour
Vincent Van Gogh
"In spite of everything I shall rise again: I will take up my pencil, which I have forsaken in my great discouragement, and I will go on with my drawing"
Vincent Van Gogh, Artist
Small: Well concerning the world records that I did, I think it helps a lot to me, yeah. I think its a very individua
"Well concerning the world records that I did, I think it helps a lot to me, yeah. I think it's a very individual thing because I heard some people say, like, oh I don't like it at all. But I definitely, for me it really made a big difference"
Inge de Bruijn, Athlete
Small: Worrying is carrying tomorrows load with todays strength- carrying two days at once. It is moving into tomorro
Corrie 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 Boom, Celebrity
Small: If youre talking about Java in particular, Python is about the best fit you can get amongst all the other lang
"If you're talking about Java in particular, Python is about the best fit you can get amongst all the other languages. Yet the funny thing is, from a language point of view, JavaScript has a lot in common with Python, but it is sort of a restricted subset"
Guido van Rossum, Scientist
Small: I would guess that the decision to create a small special purpose language or use an existing general purpose
"I would guess that the decision to create a small special purpose language or use an existing general purpose language is one of the toughest decisions that anyone facing the need for a new language must make"
Guido van Rossum, Scientist
Small: In my daily work, I work on very large, complex, distributed systems built out of many Python modules and pack
"In my daily work, I work on very large, complex, distributed systems built out of many Python modules and packages. The focus is very similar to what you find, for example, in Java and, in general, in systems programming languages"
Guido van Rossum, Scientist
Small: Now, its my belief that Python is a lot easier than to teach to students programming and teach them C or C++ o
"Now, it's my belief that Python is a lot easier than to teach to students programming and teach them C or C++ or Java at the same time because all the details of the languages are so much harder. Other scripting languages really don't work very well there either"
Guido van Rossum, Scientist
Small: Conscience is a mans compass
Vincent Van Gogh
"Conscience is a man's compass"
Vincent Van Gogh, Artist
Small: A good picture is equivalent to a good deed
Vincent Van Gogh
"A good picture is equivalent to a good deed"
Vincent Van Gogh, Artist
Small: When a train goes through a tunnel and it gets dark, you dont throw away the ticket and jump off. You sit stil
Corrie 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 Boom, Celebrity
Small: The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called life, expects only
"The students that, like the wild animal being prepared for its tricks in the circus called "life", expects only training as sketched above, will be severely disappointed: by his standards he will learn next to nothing"
Edsger Dijkstra, Scientist
Small: Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability
"Simplicity is prerequisite for reliability"
Edsger Dijkstra, Scientist
Small: Women, cant live with them, cant live without them
"Women, can't live with them, can't live without them"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade
"By a Carpenter mankind was made, and only by that Carpenter can mankind be remade"
Desiderius Erasmus, Philosopher
Small: Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation
"Strategy requires thought, tactics require observation"
Max Euwe, Celebrity
Small: I dont use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough
"I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough"
M. C. Escher, Artist
Small: Once I even took the train to Utrecht, forty miles from Amsterdam, with my yellow star, this star which I stil
"Once I even took the train to Utrecht, forty miles from Amsterdam, with my yellow star, this star which I still have. Why did I go? I just wanted to visit some friends. I was a little bit crazy, a little bit insane"
Abraham Pais, Scientist
Small: We must mirror Gods love in the midst of a world full of hatred. We are the mirrrors of Gods love, so we may s
Corrie Ten Boom
"We must mirror God's love in the midst of a world full of hatred. We are the mirrrors of God's love, so we may show Jesus by our lives"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
Small: Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that bre
Corrie Ten Boom
"Forgiveness is the key that unlocks the door of resentment and the handcuffs of hatred. It is a power that breaks the chains of bitterness and the shackles of selfishness"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
Small: Even as the angry vengeful thoughts boiled through me, I saw the sin of them. Jesus Christ had died for this m
Corrie Ten Boom
"Even as the angry vengeful thoughts boiled through me, I saw the sin of them. Jesus Christ had died for this man; was I going to ask for more? Lord Jesus, I prayed, forgive me and help me to forgive him....Jesus, I cannot forgive him. Give me your forgiveness....And so I discovered that it is not on our forgiveness any more than on our goodness that the world's healing hinges, but on His. When He tells us to love our enemies, He gives along with the command, the love itself"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
Small: You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have
Corrie Ten Boom
"You can never learn that Christ is all you need, until Christ is all you have"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
Small: God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, No fishing
Corrie Ten Boom
"God buries our sins in the depths of the sea and then puts up a sign that reads, No fishing"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
Small: Hold loosely to the things of this life, so that if God requires them of you, it will be easy to let them go
Corrie Ten Boom
"Hold loosely to the things of this life, so that if God requires them of you, it will be easy to let them go"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
Small: I have experienced His presence in the deepest hell that man can create. I have really tested the promises of
Corrie 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 Boom, Celebrity
Small: Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible
Corrie Ten Boom
"Faith sees the invisible, believes the unbelievable, and receives the impossible"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
Small: There is no pit so deep, that Gods love is not deeper still
Corrie Ten Boom
"There is no pit so deep, that God's love is not deeper still"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
Small: In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm
Corrie Ten Boom
"In order to realize the worth of the anchor we need to feel the stress of the storm"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
Small: Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?
Corrie Ten Boom
"Is prayer your steering wheel or your spare tire?"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
Small: Jesus did not promise to change the circumstances around us. He promised great peace and pure joy to those who
Corrie Ten Boom
"Jesus did not promise to change the circumstances around us. He promised great peace and pure joy to those who would learn to believe that God actually controls all things"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
Small: If you look at the world, youll be distressed. If you look within, youll be depressed. If you look at God youl
Corrie 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 Boom, Celebrity
Small: If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy
Corrie Ten Boom
"If the devil cannot make us bad, he will make us busy"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
Small: Trying to do the Lords work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work.
Corrie Ten Boom
"Trying to do the Lord's work in your own strength is the most confusing, exhausting, and tedious of all work. But when you are filled with the Holy Spirit, then the ministry of Jesus just flows out of you"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
Small: The wonderful thing about praying is that you leave a world of not being able to do something, and enter Gods
Corrie Ten Boom
"The wonderful thing about praying is that you leave a world of not being able to do something, and enter God’s realm where everything is possible. He specializes in the impossible. Nothing is too great for His almighty power. Nothing is too small for His love"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
Small: You see, a potter can only mold the clay when it lies completely in his hand. It requires complete surrender
Corrie Ten Boom
"You see, a potter can only mold the clay when it lies completely in his hand. It requires complete surrender"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
Small: It is not my ability, but my response to Gods ability, that counts
Corrie Ten Boom
"It is not my ability, but my response to God’s ability, that counts"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
Small: Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me
Corrie Ten Boom
"Forgiveness is setting the prisoner free, only to find out that the prisoner was me"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
Small: This is what the past is for! Every experience God gives us, every person He puts in our lives is the perfect
Corrie Ten Boom
"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"
Corrie Ten Boom, Celebrity
Small: I have this hope that there is a better way. Higher-level tools that actually let you see the structure of the
"I have this hope that there is a better way. Higher-level tools that actually let you see the structure of the software more clearly will be of tremendous value"
Guido van Rossum, Scientist
Small: The best way to know God is to love many things
Vincent Van Gogh
"The best way to know God is to love many things"
Vincent Van Gogh, Artist
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