It is a kind and wise arrangement of Providence that weaves our sorrows into the elements of character and that all the… — William Morley Punshon Copy Share Image
We of the United States consider ourselves blessed. We have much to give thanks for. But the gift of providence we cherish… — Lyndon B. Johnson Copy Share Image
I am not one of those who have the least anxiety about the triumph of the principles I have stood for. I… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Life is a warfare; and he who easily desponds deserts a double duty--he betrays the noblest property of man, which is dauntless… — Jane Porter Copy Share Image
“When you are wronged and your heart and feelings are hardened, do not be distressed, for this has happened providentially; but be… — St. Mark the Ascetic Copy Share Image
The one and only method of teaching men the true religion was established by Divine Providence for the whole world, and for… — Bartolome de las Casas Copy Share Image
My dear friend, do not imagine that I am vain enough to ascribe our success [Revolution] to any superiority . . .… — Benjamin Franklin Copy Share Image
If we find ourselves increasing beyond example in numbers, in strength, in wealth, in knowledge, in everything which promotes human and social… — John Tyler Copy Share Image
I infer that God's decrees, and the necessity of event flowing thence, neither destroy the true free-agency of men, nor render the… — Augustus Toplady Copy Share Image
Through the years, I have discovered some essential principles in discerning God's will: First, by God's grace, we must be firmly committed… — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
She was nervous about the future; it made her indelicate. She was one of the most unimportantly wicked women of her time… — Djuna Barnes Copy Share Image
Since it is possible that thou mayest depart from life this very moment, regulate every act and thought accordingly. But to go… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
If thy desire to raise thy fortunes encourage thy delights to the casts of fortune, be wise betimes, lest thou repent too… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
It may be the will of Heaven that America shall suffer calamities still more wasting, and distresses yet more dreadful. If this… — John Adams Copy Share Image
God -- if he really exist -- is good, alive, self-conscious, and governs all things according to his benevolent and holy providence;… — William Batchelder Greene Copy Share Image
“Kitty's remark stuck in my mind. It was true, I thought, that we had experienced miraculous luck again and again. Was it… — Etta Shiber Copy Share Image
Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiation - creation -… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
There is this trouble about special providences namely, there is so often a doubt as to which party was intended to be… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
The main goal of divine Providence in [allowing] the discovery of these tribes and lands . . . is . . .… — Bartolome de las Casas Copy Share Image
You this day, gentlemen, assume new characters, enter into new relations, and consequently incur new duties. You have, by the favor of… — William Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
One has freedom as the principal means of action; the other has servitude. Their . . . paths [are] diverse; nevertheless, each… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
“My dear lady, in my experience of ill-doing, Providence leaves the work of conviction and chastisement to us mortals—and the process is… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
God's Providence controls the universe. It is present everywhere. Providence is the sovereign Logos of God, imprinting form on the unformed materiality… — Anthony the Great Copy Share Image
We don't turn back. We leave no one behind. We pull each other up. We draw strength from our victories, and we… — Barack Obama Copy Share Image
Princes rule the people, and their own passions rule Princes; but Providence can over-rule the whole, and draw the instruments of his… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Providence has a wild, rough, incalculable road to its end, and it is of no use to try to whitewash its huge,… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
Providence creates an unfolding situation that is exactly what the person needs, although not always what he may think he wants or… — Z'ev ben Shimon Halevi Copy Share Image
There is a Ruler above, and His Providence guides all things. He is our Friend and has plenty of work for all… — David Livingstone Copy Share Image
They [the Founding Fathers] were intent upon establishing a Christian commonwealth in accordance with the principle of self-government. They were an inspired… — Calvin Coolidge Copy Share Image
Howbeit your faith seeth but the black side of Providence, yet it hath a better side, and God shall let you see… — Samuel Rutherford Copy Share Image
Before any man can be considered as a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor… — James Monroe Copy Share Image
It is day by day that we go forward; today we are as we were yesterday and tomorrow we shall be like… — Marie de Rabutin-Chantal, marquise de Sevigne Copy Share Image
How often has providence convinced its observers, upon a sober recollection of the events of their lives, that if the Lord had… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
We begin life with the natural, next we come into the spiritual; but then, when we have truly received the kingdom of… — A. B. Simpson Copy Share Image
Among the innumerable Footsteps of Divine Providence to be found in the Works of Nature, there is a very remarkable one to… — John Arbuthnot Copy Share Image
I only look to the gracious protection of the Divine Being whose strengthening support I humbly solicit, and whom I fervently pray… — Martin Van Buren Copy Share Image
Since it has pleased Providence to place me in this station, I shall do my utmost to fulfil my duty towards my… — Queen Victoria Copy Share Image
O Divine Providence, I ask not for more riches but more wisdom with which to make wiser use of the riches you… — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
When the world smiles upon us, and we have got a warm nest, how do we prophesy of rest and peace in… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
Like many other scientists who hold the Catholic faith, I see the Creator's plan and purpose fulfilled in our universe. I see… — Kenneth R. Miller Copy Share Image
![“My dear friend, do not imagine that I am vain enough to ascribe our success [Revolution] to any superiority . . . If it had not been for the justice of our cause, and the consequent interposition of Providence, in which we had faith, we must have been ruined. If I had ever before been an atheist…” quote by Benjamin Franklin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/7fe/benjamin-franklin-65_atheist_my-dear-friend-do-not-imagine-that-i-am_1638238.jpg)
![“The main goal of divine Providence in [allowing] the discovery of these tribes and lands . . . is . . . the conversion and well-being of souls, and to this goal everything temporal must necessarily be subordinated and directed.” quote by Bartolome de las Casas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/469/bartolome-de-las-casas-39700_allowing_the-main-goal-of-divine-providence-in-al_2379655.jpg)
![“One has freedom as the principal means of action; the other has servitude. Their . . . paths [are] diverse; nevertheless, each seems called by some secret design of Providence one day to hold in its hands the destinies of half the world.” quote by Alexis de Tocqueville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/28b/alexis-de-tocqueville-625_action_one-has-freedom-as-the-principal-means-o_131610.jpg)
![“They [the Founding Fathers] were intent upon establishing a Christian commonwealth in accordance with the principle of self-government. They were an inspired body of men. It has been said that God sifted the nations that He might send choice grain into the wilderness ... Who can fail to see it in…” quote by Calvin Coolidge](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/141/calvin-coolidge-764_body_they-the-founding-fathers-were-intent-up_337118.jpg)
