Providence Quotes

397 Providence quotes by 262 unique authors

Neutrality is no favorite with Providence, for we are so formed that it is scarcely possible for us to stand neuter in our hearts, although… — Charles Caleb Colton
The tidal wave of God's providence is carrying liberty throughout the globe. — Henry Ward Beecher
... we should not worry about clothes or food? Such anxiety is a mark of? unbelievers, who reject the providence of the Lord and deny… — Evagrius Ponticus
In all God's providences, it is good to compare His word and His works together; for we shall find a beautiful harmony between them, and… — Matthew Henry
That's best Which God sends. 'Twas His will: it is mine. — Robert Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Earl of Lytton
Behind the dim unknown, Standeth God with the shadow, keeping watch above his own. — James Russell Lowell
The belief in free-will is not in the least incompatible with the belief in Providence, provided you do not restrict the Providence to fulminating nothing… — William James
There are no accidents, all things have a deep and calculated purpose; sometimes the methods employed by Providence seem strange and incongruous, but we have… — Mark Twain
Providence has given to the French the empire of the land, to the English that of the sea, to the Germans that of--the air! — Thomas Carlyle
God made bees, and bees made honey, God made man, and man made money, Pride made the devil, and the devil made sin; So God… — William Cowper
Tis Providence alone secures In every change both mine and yours. — William Cowper
Destroy all creatures for thy sport or gust, Yet cry, if man's unhappy, God's unjust. — Alexander Pope
Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies. — Alexander Pope
To that Providence, my sons, I hereby commend you, and I counsel you by way of caution to forbear from crossing the moor in those… — Arthur Conan Doyle
Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial To my proportion'd strength. — John Milton
We'll therefore relish with content, Whate'er kind providence has sent, Nor aim beyond our pow'r; For, if our stock be very small, 'Tis prudent to… — Nathaniel Cotton
God sendeth cold after clothes. — William Camden
Concerning all acts of initiative there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely… — Steven Pressfield
By the divine providence [animals] are intended for man's use... Hence it is not wrong for man to make use of them, either by killing… — Thomas Aquinas
God's providence is not blind, but full of eyes. — John Greenleaf Whittier
LAST, n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as opportunity to the maker of puns. — Ambrose Bierce
It is a kind and wise arrangement of Providence that weaves our sorrows into the elements of character and that all the disappointments, and conflicts,… — William Morley Punshon
I am not engaged to Christianity by decent forms, or saving ordinances; it is not usage, it is not what I do not understand, that… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Nothing makes us better understand what trifling things Providence thinks He bestows on men in granting them wealth, money, dignities, and other advantages, than the… — Jean de la Bruyere
Do you not think that sometimes when matters are at the worst with us, when we appear to have done all which we ourselves can… — James Anthony Froude

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