Providence Quotes

397 Providence quotes by 262 unique authors

I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight: wherever there is anything to be done, there Providence is… — Horatio Nelson
The well of Providence is deep. It's the buckets we bring to it that are small. — Mary Webb
If in God's loving plan you have to bow before what appears to be a frowning providence, you can be sure that He's got your… — Elyse Fitzpatrick
That there is one God, who made all things. That he governs the world by his providence. That he might be worshipped by adoration, prayer,… — Benjamin Franklin
Religion informs us that misery and sin were produced together. The depravation of human will was followed by a disorder of the harmony of nature;… — Samuel Johnson
Who can . . . guess how much industry and providence and affection we have caught from the pantomime of brutes? — Ralph Waldo Emerson
All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence to be realized… — Ezra Stiles
Providence The will of God acting together with human will. But he respects our will absolutely. He does not force. Love never forces. It only… — Michael O'Brien
In like manner, the disbelief of a Divine Providence renders a man uncapable of holding any public station; for, since kings avow themselves to be… — Jonathan Swift
Ours is a kind of struggle designed, I dare say, by Providence to try the patience, fortitude, and virtue of men. None, therefore, who is… — George Washington
Unless we lay our course in accordance with this principle, the great power for good in the world with which we have been intrusted by… — Calvin Coolidge
Divine Providence has played a great part in our history. I have the feeling that God has created us and brought us to our present… — Harry S. Truman
Knowledge of those unalterable Relations which Providence has ordained that every thing should bear to every other...To these we should conform in good Earnest; and… — Edmund Burke
And Burke, could he see our century, never would concede that a consumption-society, so near to suicide, is the end for which Providence has prepared… — Russell Kirk
Adore God. Reverence and cherish your parents. Love your neighbor as yourself, and your country more than yourself. Be just. Be true. Murmur not at… — Thomas Jefferson
Here is my Creed. I believe in one God, the Creator of the Universe. That He governs it by His Providence. That He ought to… — Benjamin Franklin
It is sad to tell, but after having tried society, which had caused his misfortune, he tried Providence which created society, and condemned it also. — Victor Hugo
In his address of 19 September 1796, given as he prepared to leave office, President George Washington spoke about the importance of morality to the… — George Washington
It must have been providence that directed Joel Morwood to dig in the right place, for he struck a lode of pure gold, as wide… — Huston Smith
Prayer is one of the necessary wheels of the machinery of providence. — Charles Spurgeon

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