Providence Quotes
397 quotes by 262 authors
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Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.
— Saint Augustine
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God often lays the sum of His amazing providences in very dismal afflictions; as the limner first puts on the dusky colors, on which he…
— Stephen Charnock
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Comfort is the god of our generation, so suffering is seen as a problem to be solved, and not a providence from God.
— Matt Chandler
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In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks.
— Teresa of Avila
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The saints are like the stars. In his providence Christ conceals them in a hidden place that they may not shine before others when they…
— Anthony of Padua
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Highest Providence often works a wonderful miracle: that of having evil men make others who are evil to become good.
— Unknown Author
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It seemed intended by the blessed providence of God that I should be blind all my life, and I thank him for the dispensation. If…
— Fanny Crosby
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I see on a immense scale, and as clearly as in a demonstration in a laboratory, that good comes out of evil; that the impartiality…
— John Burroughs
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A woman whom Providence has provided with beauty of spirit and body is a truth, at the same time both open and secret, which we…
— Khalil Gibran
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The world's a stage where God's omnipotence, His justice, knowledge, love, and providence Do act the parts.
— Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas
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We should not bear it with bad grace if the answer to our prayer is long delayed. Rather, let us, because of this, show great…
— Saint John Chrysostom
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In the designs of Providence, there are no mere coincidences.
— Pope John Paul II
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In the book of life every page has two sides: we human beings fill the upper side with our plans, hopes and wishes, but providence…
— Unknown Author
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We begin life with the natural, next we come into the spiritual; but then, when we have truly received the kingdom of God and His…
— A B Simpson
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In discourse more sweet; For eloquence the soul, song charms the sense. Others apart sat on a hill retir'd, In thoughts more elevate, and reason'd…
— John Milton
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The main goal of divine Providence in [allowing] the discovery of these tribes and lands . . . is . . . the conversion and…
— Bartolome de las Casas
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It is as though we have grown wings, which thanks to Providence, we have learnt to control.
— Louis Bleriot
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Never give up! If adversity presses, Providence wisely has mingled the cup, And the best counsel, in all your distresses, Is the stout watchword of…
— Martin Farquhar Tupper
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How much better it would be if all could be more aware of God's providence and love and express that gratitude to him. Ammon taught,…
— Russell M. Nelson
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That plenty should produce either covetousness or prodigality is a perversion of providence; and yet the generality of men are the worse for their riches.
— William Penn
Who Wrote These Providence Quotes
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