Economy is a distributive virtue, and consists not in saving but selection. Parsimony requires no providence, no sagacity, no powers of combination,… — Edmund Burke Copy Share Image
“What an inextricable and hopeless mix life would be if we had to manage it! How do the people who do not… — Pansy Copy Share Image
Let us hope, I prayed, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we… — Peter De Vries Copy Share Image
Do not fight against Providence; nor bring more heavy weather to the storm. Face what is already there. — Menander Copy Share Image
Highest Providence often works a wonderful miracle: that of having evil men make others who are evil to become good. — Severinus of Noricum Copy Share Image
I believe in Providence and I believe Providence to be just. Therefore I believe that Providence always rewards the strong, the industrious,… — Adolf Hitler Copy Share Image
Oh, the ignorance of us upon whom Providence did not sufficiently smile to permit us to be born in New England. — Horace Porter Copy Share Image
I knew I had to get out of Boston and stop making movies there, at least for one movie, otherwise no one… — Ben Affleck Copy Share Image
A great character, founded on the living rock of principle is, in fact, not a solitary phenomenon, to be at once perceived,… — Edward Everett Copy Share Image
How much better it would be if all could be more aware of God's providence and love and express that gratitude to… — Russell M. Nelson Copy Share Image
It is true, that a little philosophy inclineth man’s mind to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men’s minds about to religion.… — Francis Bacon Copy Share Image
Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust Him for His grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face.… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics, if you are desirous of comprehending the relation between the… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
It must have been providence that directed Joel Morwood to dig in the right place, for he struck a lode of pure… — Huston Smith Copy Share Image
In seasons of severe trial, the Christian has nothing on earth that he can trust to, and is therefore compelled to cast… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
It is because we have such shallow views of God's love that we have such defective views of God's dealings. We blindly… — Octavius Winslow 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
“It is far. But there is no journey upon this earth that a man may not make if he sets his heart… — H. Rider Haggard Copy Share Image
The power, indeed, of every individual is small, and the consequence of his endeavours imperceptible, in a general prospect of the world.… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Our whole life can go on in observation of the laws of nature, if we gain dominion over our desires from the… — Clement of Alexandria 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
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
WHEREAS it is the duty of all Nations to acknowledge the providence of Almighty God, to obey His will, to be grateful… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Riches are oft by guilt and baseness earn'd; Or dealt by chance to shield a lucky knave, Or throw a cruel sunshine… — John Armstrong Copy Share Image
“Divine providence for next dimension is a natural as rest, food and water are to our natural bodies. Rest, Arise and Eat… — Dr. Lucas D. Shallua Copy Share Image
“We degrade Providence too much by attributing our ideas to it out of annoyance at being unable to understand it.” — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
Without doubt cats are intellectuals who have been, by some mysterious decree of Providence, deprived of the comfort of the word. — Rebecca West Copy Share Image
Serendipity, you can choose who to protect and who to share life with, but you cannot choose who to love, for love… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The ultimate triumph of philosophy would be to cast light upon the mysterious ways in which Providence moves to achieve the designs… — Marquis de Sade Copy Share Image
It is the duty of the saints, especially in times of straights, to reflect upon the performances of Providence for them in… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
[W]isdom consists in following Providence step by step. And you can be sure of the truth of a maxim which seems paradoxical,… — Vincent de Paul Copy Share Image
The moment we recognize God as supreme in power and infinitely good and loving toward all His intelligent creatures, that moment we… — J. G. Holland Copy Share Image
the night of trouble is at times so dark that the interwoven gold with which Providence relieves the woof of calamity remains… — Anna Leonowens Copy Share Image
Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms. [Ger., Die Gaben Kommen von oben herab, in ihren eignen Gestalten.] — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
[T]he foundation of a great Empire is laid, and I please myself with a persuasion, that Providence will not leave its work… — George Washington Copy Share Image
God in His providence hasn't called us to watch history, but to shape history by praying in His Name. — David Platt Copy Share Image
Each meeting occurs at the precise moment for which it was meant. Usually, when it will have the greatest impact on our… — Nadia Scrieva Copy Share Image
Never give up! If adversity presses, Providence wisely has mingled the cup, And the best counsel, in all your distresses, Is the… — Martin Farquhar Tupper Copy Share Image
If, unable to solve the mysteries of Providence, we plunge into Atheism, we only increase a thousand fold the darkness by which… — Charles Hodge Copy Share Image
The gods are just. No doubt. But their code of law is dictated, in the last resort, by the people who organize… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image