Providence Quotes

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Now, said I aloud, My dear Father's Words are come to pass: God's Justice has overtaken me, and I have none to help or hear… — Daniel Defoe
Trust thyself: every heart vibrates to that iron string. Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
O Divine Providence, I ask not for more riches but more wisdom with which to make wiser use of the riches you gave me at… — Napoleon Hill
Howbeit your faith seeth but the black side of Providence, yet it hath a better side, and God shall let you see it. We know… — Samuel Rutherford
The great Master Gardener, the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, in a wonderful providence, with his own hand, planted me here, where by his… — Samuel Rutherford
How often has providence convinced its observers, upon a sober recollection of the events of their lives, that if the Lord had left them to… — John Flavel
If God has given you but a small portion of the world, yet if you are godly He has promised never to forsake you (Heb.… — John Flavel
All the dark, intricate, puzzling providences at which we were sometimes so offended...we shall [one day] see to be to us, as the difficult passage… — John Flavel
Providence so orders the case, that faith and prayer come between our wants and supplies, and the goodness of God may be the more magnified… — John Flavel
Ah, did we but rightly understand what the demerit of sin is, we would rather admire the bounty of God than complain of the straithandedness… — John Flavel
Look around in the world, and you may see some in every place who are objects of pity, bereaved by sad accidents of all the… — John Flavel
When the world smiles upon us, and we have got a warm nest, how do we prophesy of rest and peace in those acquisitions, thinking… — John Flavel
Let us consider and marvel that ever this great and blessed God should be so much concerned, as you have heard He is in all… — John Flavel
You may look upon some providences once and again, and see little or nothing in them, but look "seven times," that is, meditate often upon… — John Flavel
When our needs are permitted to grow to an extremity, and all visible hopes fail, then to have relief given wonderfully enhances the price of… — John Flavel
Sometimes God makes use of instruments for good to His people, who designed nothing but evil and mischief to them. Thus Joseph's brethren were instrumental… — John Flavel
[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… — John Flavel
Those circumstances, which to the dim eye of Jacob's faith wore a hue so somber, were at that very moment developing and perfecting the events… — Arthur W. Pink
Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence. — Saint Augustine
We of the United States consider ourselves blessed. We have much to give thanks for. But the gift of providence we cherish most is that… — Lyndon B. Johnson

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