Alas Quote by George Washington

Can it be that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a nation with its virtue?

— George Washington

Without any cant, does not Providence provide wonderfully for us?

— Isabel Burton

Providence certainly does not favor just certain individuals, but the deep wisdom of its counsel, instruction and ennoblement extends to all.

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

“It has often given my pleasure to observe, that independent America was not composed of detached and distant territories, but that one connected fertile,…

— John Jay

Providence is the perpetuity and continuance of creation.

— Richard Sibbes

Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies.

— Alexander Pope

Providence has fixed the limits of human enjoyment by immovable boundaries, and has set different gratifications at such a distance from each other, that…

— Samuel Johnson

Providence is wiser than you, and you may be confident it has suited all things better to your eternal good than you could do…

— John Flavel

“Providence is nothing more than a belief in God the Father almighty, creator of heaven and earth, brought to bear on our present blessings…

— Kevin DeYoung

It may be assumed as an axiom that Providence has never gifted any political party with all of political wisdom or blinded it with…

— John George Nicolay

We must follow, not force Providence.

— William Shakespeare

Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the…

— Thornton Wilder