Character Quote by William Butler Yeats

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

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

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

— Alexander Pope

Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

— David Viscott

Can it be, that Providence has not connected the permanent felicity of a Nation with its virtue? The experiment, at least, is recommended by…

— George Washington

We should never be at the mercy of Providence if only we understood that we ourselves are Providence.

— Vera Brittain

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 has given to our people the choice of their rulers. And it is the duty as well as the privilege and interest, of…

— John Jay

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

— George Washington

Providence seems to look after the chumps of this world; and, personally, I'm all for it.

— Anonymous

Providence is but another name for natural law. Natural law itself would go out in a minute if it were not for the divine…

— Henry Ward Beecher

The proverb says that Providence protects children and idiots. This is really true. I know because I have tested it.

— Mark Twain

Probably Providence has implanted peevishness and ill-temper in sick and old persons, in compassion to the friends or relations who are to survive; as…

— Laurence Sterne