Providence Quotes

397 Providence quotes by 262 unique authors

No Senses stronger than his brain can bear. Why has not Man a microscopic eye? For this plain reason, Man is not a Fly: What… — Alexander Pope
My walk is a public one. My business is in the world, and I must mix in the assemblies of men or quit the post… — William Wilberforce
Poltinus the Platonist proves by means of the blossoms and leaves that from the Supreme God, whose beauty is invisible and ineffable, Providence reaches down… — Saint Augustine
It is not the multitude of hard duties, it is not the constraint and contention that advance us in our Christian course. On the contrary,… — Francois Fenelon
Except by name, Jean Paul Friedrich Richter is little known out of Germany. The only thing connected with him, we think, that has reached this… — Thomas Carlyle
Of all the gifts that wise Providence grants us to make life full and happy, friendship is the most beautiful. — Epicurus
Appetite, n. An instinct thoughtfully implanted by Providence as a solution to the labor question. — Ambrose Bierce
It is we that are blind, not fortune; because our eye is too dim to discern the mystery of her effects, we foolishly paint her… — Thomas Browne
The wisdom of providence is as much revealed in the rarity of genius, as in the circumstance that not everyone is deaf or blind. — Georg C. Lichtenberg
That which is not allotted the hand cannot reach; what is allotted you will find wherever you may be. — Saadi
Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, creator of the Universe. That he governs it by his Providence. That he ought to be… — Benjamin Franklin
My rule, in which I have always found satisfaction, is, never to turn aside in public affairs through views of private interest; but to go… — Benjamin Franklin
I firmly believe in Divine Providence. Without belief in Providence I think I should go crazy. Without God the world would be a maze without… — Woodrow Wilson
How dark are all the ways of god to man! — Euripides
The man whom heaven helps has friends enough. — Euripides
God never sends the mouth but he sendeth meat. — John Heywood
You must realize that it is the ordinary way of God's dealings with us that our ideas do not work out speedily and efficiently as… — Thomas Merton
Shakespeare said: "There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow." Everything happens perfectly. — Frederick Lenz
Among the remedies which it has pleased Almighty God to give to man to relieve his sufferings, none is so universal and so efficacious as… — Thomas Sydenham
Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings, which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them. — Sophie Swetchine

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