Providence Quotes

397 quotes by 262 authors

Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative and creation, there is one elementary… — W H Murray
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
God's providence is on the side of clear heads. — Henry Ward Beecher
Now nature is not at variance with art, nor art with nature; they being both the servants of his providence. Art is the perfection of… — Thomas Cole
I go the way that Providence dictates with the assurance of a sleepwalker. — Adolf Hitler
The Hand of providence has been so conspicuous in all this, that he must be worse than an infidel that lacks faith, and more than… — George Washington
No country upon earth ever had it more in its power to attain these blessings than United America. Wondrously strange, then, and much to be… — George Washington
[T]he foundation of a great Empire is laid, and I please myself with a persuasion, that Providence will not leave its work imperfect. — George Washington
Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by every… — George Washington
The promulgation of the great doctrines of religion, the being, and attributes, and providence of one Almighty God: the responsibility to him for all our… — Joseph Story
Since it has pleased Providence to place me in this station, I shall do my utmost to fulfil my duty towards my country; I am… — Queen Victoria
If Germany is to become a colonizing power, all I say is, God speed her! She becomes our ally and partner in the execution of… — William E. Gladstone
Providence has ordained that I should be the greatest liberator of humanity. I am freeing man from the restraints of an intelligence that has taken… — Adolf Hitler
Let us hope, I prayed, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we have been laboring. — Peter De Vries
One has freedom as the principal means of action; the other has servitude. Their . . . paths [are] diverse; nevertheless, each seems called by… — Alexis de Tocqueville
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among… — Thomas Jefferson
I have so much faith in the general government of the world by Providence that I can hardly conceive a transaction of such momentous importance… — Benjamin Franklin
I have only been an instrument in the hands of Providence. — George Washington
As I have heard, since my arrival at this place, a circumstantial account of my death and dying speech, I take this early opportunity of… — George Washington
Occasional war is one of the rigorous instruments in the hands of Providence to give tone to the character of nations. — John Quincy Adams

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