Providence has given human wisdom the choice between two fates: either hope and agitation, or hopelessness and calm. — Yevgeny Baratynsky Copy Share Image
For health and the constant enjoyment of life, give me a keen and ever present sense of humor; it is the next… — George Barrell Cheever Copy Share Image
In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks. — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
Someone described Providence as the baptismal name of chance; no doubt some pious person will retort that chance is the nickname of… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
The belief in free-will is not in the least incompatible with the belief in Providence, provided you do not restrict the Providence… — William James Copy Share Image
He that despairs measures Providence by his own little contracted model and limits infinite power to finite apprehensions. — Robert South Copy Share Image
All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence… — Ezra Stiles Copy Share Image
Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us through the Revolution, in preparing us for… — George Washington Copy Share Image
That there is one God, who made all things. That he governs the world by his providence. That he might be worshipped… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
A revelation is to be received as coming from God, not because of its internal excellence, or because we judge it to… — William Law Copy Share Image
[Providences] often puzzle and entangle our thoughts, but bring them to the Word, and your duty will be quickly manifested. "Until I… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
Providence has so ordained it, that only two women have a true interest in the happiness of a man--his own mother, and… — Octave Feuillet Copy Share Image
“13. Do Thy Best and Leave the Rest to Providence. There is another point of view which enables us to enjoy life.… — Kaiten Nukariya Copy Share Image
If you, who are organised by Divine Providence for spiritual communion, refuse, and bury your talent in the earth, even though you… — William Blake Copy Share Image
Our movement was a great success; I think the most successful military movement of my life. But I expect to receive more… — Stonewall Jackson Copy Share Image
And I saw that truly nothing happens by accident or luck, but everything by God's wise providence. If it seems to be… — Julian of Norwich Copy Share Image
The strange and wonderful Book of Job treats of the same subject as we are discussing; its contents are a fiction, conceived… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
As I have heard, since my arrival at this place, a circumstantial account of my death and dying speech, I take this… — George Washington Copy Share Image
We are unreasonably desirous to separate the goods of life from those evils which Providence has connected with them, and to catch… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
History, when rightly written, is but a record of providence; and he who would read history rightly, must read it with his… — D. A. Fisher Copy Share Image
It is impossible for the mind which is not totally destitute of piety, to behold the sublime, the awful, the amazing works… — Timothy Dwight V Copy Share Image
What ever the course of our lives, we should recieve them as the highest gift from the hand of God, in which… — Galileo Galilei Copy Share Image
The mystery of God's providence is a most sublime consideration. It is easy to let our reason run away with itself. It… — Ezekiel Hopkins Copy Share Image
The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They hand in hand, with… — John Milton Copy Share Image
The longer I live, the more faith I have in Providence, and the less faith in my interpretation of Providence — Jeremiah Day Copy Share Image
Concerning all acts of iniative and creation, there is one elementary truth- that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves,… — W. H. Murray Copy Share Image
He had angered Providence by resisting too many temptations. There was nothing left but heaven, where he would meet only those who,… — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
I believe not only in "special providences," but in the whole universe as one infinite complexity of "special providences. — Charles Kingsley Copy Share Image
Fate! There is no fate. Between the thought and the success God is the only agent. Fate is not the ruler, but… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
Providence is wiser than you, and you may be confident it has suited all things better to your eternal good than you… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
My friends, remember this, that there are no weeds, and no worthless men, there are only bad farmers. — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
“You know you have found your life mission when you say, “I dare you to try and take this away from me.” — Shannon L. Alder Copy Share Image
The damnest scoundrel that ever lived, but in the infinite mercy of Providence... also the damnest fool. — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
LAST, n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as opportunity to the maker of puns. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
A woman whom Providence has provided with beauty of spirit and body is a truth, at the same time both open and… — Khalil Gibran Copy Share Image
There is a great Field-Marshal, my friend, who arrays our battalions; Let us to Providence trust, and abide and work in our… — Arthur Hugh Clough Copy Share Image
There are four different theories concerning Divine Providence; they are all ancient, known from the time of the Prophets, when the true… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
Everything that happens in this world is a part of a great plan of God running through all time. — Henry Ward Beecher Copy Share Image
Appetite, n. An instinct thoughtfully implanted by Providence as a solution to the labor question. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
![“[Providences] often puzzle and entangle our thoughts, but bring them to the Word, and your duty will be quickly manifested. "Until I went into the sanctuary of God, then understood I their end" (Ps. 73:17). And not only their end, but his own duty, to be quiet in an afflicted condition and not…” quote by John Flavel](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f6c/john-flavel-4295_christian_providences-often-puzzle-and-entangle-ou_1351706.jpg)
