Providence Quotes

When we reckon without Providence, we must frequently reckon twice.

Never give up! If adversity presses, Providence wisely has mingled the cup, And the best counsel, in all your distresses, Is the stout watchword of "Never give up."

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 invites. ... There is a war between good and

But, all this while, I was giving myself very unnecessary alarm. Providence had mediated better things for me than I could possibly imagine for myself.

Today I think that if for no other reason than that an Auschwitz existed, no one in our age should speak of Providence.

When Providence favors, you can make a safe voyage on a twig.

[D]ivine Providence... keeps the universe open in every direction to the soul.

We are entirely in the care of Divine Providence, and it is very sweet to remain so in peace. The Cross is never lacking; may it be our consolation.

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 man.

Even those to whom Providence has allotted greater strength of understanding can expect only to improve a single science.

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.

It's better to have a malign providence than an indifferent one.

God is the ever active providence, by whose power systems after systems are being evolved out of chaos, made to run for a time and again destroyed.

God sometimes washes the eyes of His children with tears in order that they may read aright His providence and His commandments.

All things are ordered by God, but His providence takes in our free agency, as well as His own sovereignty.

[W]isdom consists in following Providence step by step. And you can be sure of the truth of a maxim which seems paradoxical, namely, that he who is hasty falls back in the interests of God.

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

Nor bird nor beast Could make me wish for anything this day, Being old, but that the old alone might die, And that would be against God's Providence.

People are responsible for their opinions, but Providence is responsible for their morals.

A speckled cat and a tame hare Eat at my hearthstone And sleep there; And both look up to me alone For learning and defence As I look up to Providence.

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.

That plenty should produce either covetousness or prodigality is a perversion of providence; and yet the generality of men are the worse for their riches.

We must follow, not force Providence.

Bountiful as is the hand of Providence, its gifts are not so bestowed as to seduce us into indolence, but to rouse us to exertion.

He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright

... plunged into chance, --that is to say, swallowed up in Providence

He that doth the ravens feed. Yea providently caters for the sparrow. Be comfort to my age!

Faith is not to believe Or pray that Providence Will help a chieve Anything we want, But to liv eWith confidence That God will do for us Everything we need.

God has made the Universe and all that is in it, can He ever fail to give us anything that we ask of Him today?

Every human being is equally wealthy according to God’s divine providence.

God schedules a birthday, not man.

Each meeting occurs at the precise moment for which it was meant. Usually, when it will have the greatest impact on our lives.

The worm’s bad luck is the bird’s good fortune.

Every ideal comes from us as do all the amenities of life, in order to make our existence as simple reproducers, for which divine Providence solely intended us, less monotonous and less hard.

When you are at your lowest God is getting ready to take you to your highest.

When destiny is calling even the deaf can hear him.

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

Those who understand God's sovereignty have joy even in the midst of suffering, a joy reflected on their very faces, for they see that their suffering is not without purpose.

The loveliest gifts sometimes come wrapped in the ugliest paper.

Mark to yourself the gradual way in which you have been prepared for, and are now led by an irresistible necessity to enter upon your great labour.

Fate determines a man's beginning. The man, by choice, determines his end.

Screwing up is hardly a major mistake. Sometimes your wrong choices bring you to the right places.

Before, I suspected I might not amount to anything, and now I now I won't, so at least it takes away the wearisome burden of delusive hope

God doesn’t put that much prep into something that is insignificant.

Live your best life, seeking heavenly guidance.

Providence knows best.

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

So in actual fact every human being is equally wealthy according to God’s divine Providence

Inspired action comes from the guidance of Spirit, not ego. When in doubt, don’t. Inspired action is responsive, not reactive.

You know you have found your life mission when you say, “I dare you to try and take this away from me.