Providence Quotes

397 Providence quotes by 262 unique authors

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
Princes rule the people, and their own passions rule Princes; but Providence can over-rule the whole, and draw the instruments of his inscrutable purposes from… — Charles Caleb Colton
I don't believe in providence and fate, as a technologist I am used to reckoning with the formulae of probability. — Max Frisch
Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive. — Mahatma Gandhi
People don't realize what a brilliant politician Lincoln was. Looking back, we want to ascribe a level of providence to his every decision but he… — Henry Louis Gates
Who can love to walk in the dark? But providence doth often so dispose. — Oliver Cromwell

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