Best 112 quotes in «providence quotes» category

Fate! There is no fate. Between the thought and the success God is the only agent. Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence.

Fate is not the ruler, but the servant of Providence.

Fear not, but trust in Providence, Wherever thou may'st be.

Gifts come from above in their own peculiar forms. [Ger., Die Gaben Kommen von oben herab, in ihren eignen Gestalten.]

Go, wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense weigh thy opinion against Providence.

Grace makes the promise and providence the payment.

God's providence is not blind, but full of eyes.

God's providence is on the side of clear heads.

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 be worshipped.

God tempers the cold to the shorn sheep.

I am convinced that nothing will happen to me, for I know the greatness of the task for which Providence has chosen me.

If heaven send no supplies, The fairest blossom of the garden dies.

I know nothing of the science of astrology and I consider it to be a science, if it is a science, of doubtful value, to be severely left alone by those who have any faith in Providence.

History is the revelation of Providence.

How strange a checker-work of Providence is the life of man!

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 that they mutually illustrate each other.

I knew I had to get out of Boston and stop making movies there, at least for one movie, otherwise no one would ever consider me for a movie that took place south of Providence.

I must not quarrel with the will Of highest dispensation, which herein, Haply had ends above my reach to know.

It is because we have such shallow views of God's love that we have such defective views of God's dealings. We blindly interpret the symbols of His providence, because we so imperfectly read the engravings of His heart.

Prayer is one of the necessary wheels of the machinery of providence.

In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks.

No life can surpass that of a man who quietly continues to serve God in the place where providence has placed him.

Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.

Providence is a greater mystery than revelation.

Providence has at all times been my only dependence, for all other resources seemed to have failed us.

That's best Which God sends. 'Twas His will: it is mine.

The boundless stores of Providence are engaged for the support of the believer.

The axle of the wheels of the chariot of Providence is Infinite Love, and Gracious Wisdom is the perpetual charioteer.

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 but fatal decrees.

The tidal wave of God's providence is carrying liberty throughout the globe.

The moment we definitely commit ourselves, Providence moves, too.

Tie your camel up as best you can, and then trust it to Providence.

We cannot measure Divine Providence by the yardstick of human mentality.

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

When I have no idea, I gnaw my nails and invoke the aid of Providence.

While the saving message spread day by day, some providence brought from Ethiopia an officer of the queen, for that nation is still traditionally ruled by a woman.

Woman! thou loveliest gift that here below Man can receive, or Providence bestow.

A golden opportunity may turn into silver if you wait too long to take advantage of it.

We have nothing to do, but to choose what is right, to be steady in the pursuit of it, and leave the issue to Providence.

The well of Providence is deep. It's the buckets we bring to it that are small.

All God’s children have shoes.

And so sovereign Providence has often produced a remarkable effect--evil men making other evil men good. For some, when they think they suffer injustice at the hands of the worst of men, burn with hatred for evil men, and being eager to be different from those they hate, have reformed and become virtuous. It is only the power of God to which evils may also be good, when by their proper use He elicits some good result.

As I did, there, in perfect condition, to be admired by five sets of wondering eyes, was an enormous, glistening, moist, chocolate cake.

Washington, like most scholarly Virginians of his time, was a Deist... Contemporary evidence shows that in mature life Washington was a Deist, and did not commune, which is quite consistent with his being a vestryman. In England, where vestries have secular functions, it is not unusual for Unitarians to vestrymen, there being no doctrinal subscription required for that office. Washington's letters during the Revolution occasionally indicate his recognition of the hand of Providence in notable public events, but in the thousands of his letters I have never been able to find the name of Christ or any reference to him. {Conway was employed to edit Washington's letters}

And then, that feeling comes again when you seem invincible and totally awesome. You simply can't hold it in and you just smile to everyone you come across; infectiously, they have no choice but to smile back. You are more than convinced in your guts that something beautifully indescribable is coming your way. You just drown yourself in the feeling of awesomeness. Faith, probably . . . or the hands of providence?

Ain’t it queer that she’d take to stones, bugs, and butterflies, and save them. Now they are going to bring her the very thing she wants the worst. Lord, but this is a funny world when you get to studying! Looks like things didn’t all come by accident. Looks as if there was a plan back of it, and somebody driving that knows the road, and how to handle the lines. Anyhow, Elnora’s in the wagon, and when I get out in the night and the dark closes around me, and I see the stars, I don’t feel so cheap.

Being alive is nothing without being able to live.

But GOD was above them, who laughed his Enemies and the Enemies of his People to Scorn, making them as a fiery Oven: Thus were the Stout Hearted spoiled, having slept their last Sleep, and none of their Men could find their Hands: Thus did the LORD judge among the Heathen, filling the Place with dead Bodies!

Chance is when you look at the world through humanity’s eyes; providence is when you look at the world through God's eyes.

Confidence is providence