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I believe that Providence would never have allowed us to see the victory of the Movement if it had the intention after all to destroy us at the end. — Adolf Hitler

Comfort is the god of our generation, so suffering is seen as a problem to be solved, and not a providence from God. — Matt Chandler

The Providence of God is like Hebrew words - it can be read only backwards. — John Flavel

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 — Jasper Fforde

My trust is in the mercy and wisdom of a kind Providence, who ordereth all things for our good. — Robert E.Lee

The tidal wave of God's providence is carrying liberty throughout the globe. — Henry Ward Beecher

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

When the fullness of the time was come, God sent forth His Son. Providence — Ellen G. White

A firm faith in the universal providence of God is the solution of all earthly troubles. — B. B. Warfield

My Calamity is my providence, outwardly it is fire and vengeance, but inwardly it is light and mercy. — Baha'u'llah

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

The moment we definitely commit ourselves, Providence moves, too. — W. H. Murray

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

Prayer is one of the necessary wheels of the machinery of providence. — Charles Spurgeon

Nothing is easier to us who pass our time in the great school of Providence than to l'arn its lessons. — James Fenimore Cooper

A kind Providence furnishes the limpest personality with a little gum or starch in the form of tradition. — George Eliot

Peace. It is a providence, and no great change; we are only what we always were, but naked now. — Arthur Miller

People are responsible for their opinions, but Providence is responsible for their morals. — William Butler Yeats

God never calls His people to accomplish anything without promising to supply their every need. — Charles R. Swindoll

Providence is but another name for natural law. Natural law itself would go out in a minute if it were not for the divine thought that is behind it. — Henry Ward Beecher

There is a Power whose care
Teaches thy way. — William C. Bryant

God schedules a birthday, not man. — Robert A. Bradley

O blessed be the grace that makes advantages of my corruptions, even to contradict and kill themselves (648). — Richard Baxter

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature. — Alexander Pope

[T]he foundation of a great Empire is laid, and I please myself with a persuasion, that Providence will not leave its work imperfect. — George Washington

When destiny is calling even the deaf can hear him. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Chance is a nickname for Providence. — Nicolas Chamfort

Providence must call us and we must follow it, if we are to go forward confidently. — Vincent De Paul

Anxiety is a sin also because it is a lack of acceptance of God's providence in our lives. — Jerry Bridges

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

You don't question Providence. If you can't have the reality, a dream is just as good. — Ray Bradbury

It was clear to me, as I glanced back over my earlier life, that a loving Providence watched over me, that all was directed for me by a higher power. — Hans Christian Andersen

All that is from the gods is full of Providence. — Marcus Aurelius

A nutritious substance supplied by a bountiful Providence for the fattening of the poor. — Ambrose Bierce

Work is a major instrument of God's providence; it is how he sustains the human world. — Timothy Keller

I go the way that Providence dictates with the assurance of a sleepwalker. — Adolf Hitler

Burke, could he see our century, never would concede that a consumption-society is the end for which Providence has prepared man. — Russell Kirk

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. — Samuel Richardson

But I thank Providence that I came here. — Neil Gaiman

It is as though we have grown wings, which thanks to Providence, we have learnt to control. — Louis Bleriot

To his mind, an opportunity to insult a successful ape cam from the hand of Providence. — Flannery O'Connor

The sentences in the book of providence are sometimes long, and you must read a great way before you understand their meaning. — Matthew Henry

Adorable ambuscades of providence! — Victor Hugo

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel

Judge not the Lord by feeble sense, But trust him for his grace; Behind a frowning providence He hides a smiling face. — John Piper

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

I have only been an instrument in the hands of Providence. — George Washington

I had rather have God for my banker than all the Rothschilds. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

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. — Rose Philippine Duchesne

Rarely does this world look as if a beneficent Providence were running it. — J.I. Packer

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

Confidence is providence — Habeeb Akande

And, while Jessica had faith enough in Providence, she preferred to seek help from more accessible sources. Her assistant was Phelps, the coachman. — Loretta Chase

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

[D]ivine Providence ... keeps the universe open in every direction to the soul ... — Ralph Waldo Emerson

It must be felt that there is no national security but in the nation's humble, acknowledged dependence upon God and His overruling providence. — Franklin Pierce

our lot is to fear God and find our contentment in his providence, — Douglas Bond

The Providence of God is the great protector of our life and usefulness, and under the divine care we are perfectly safe from danger. — Charles Spurgeon

There is a certain destiny of everything, regulated by the foreknowledge and providence of God in His works. — Gottfried Leibniz

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

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

Men almost universally have acknowledged providence, but that fact has had no force to destroy natural aversions and fears in the presence of events. — George Santayana

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

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

There is no doubt such a thing as chance, but I see no reason why Providence should not make use of it. — William Gilmore Simms

I could see Sulla showing her the Cards of Providence, the cards that would one day form the spread that showed her my death. — Kami Garcia

The day is not over yet. You may still meet with Providence, who never gets up before noon. — Henri Murger

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

The life-changing encounters that John Quincy Adams made as an adolescent on his own in Stockholm began with a friendship he struck up at a bookstore. — Paul C. Nagel

To require God to prove that He is able and willing to fulfill His promises would be proof positive that one does not trust Him. — Charles R. Swindoll

Human love is to devote a part of ourselves to the providence of another existence. To be without this devotion is to be void of love. — Michael Hollingworth

God's providence is His constant care for and His absolute rule over all His creation for His own glory and the good of His people. — Jerry Bridges

Some providences, like Hebrew letters, must be read backwards. — John Flavel

There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow. — William Shakespeare

Shall we call coincidence what God calls providence? — Beth Moore

For a thousand years,
and then a thousand more ... I will love you. — Jamie McGuire

If, unable to solve the mysteries of Providence, we plunge into Atheism, we only increase a thousand fold the darkness by which we are surrounded — Charles Hodge

Let us hope ... that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we have been laboring. — Peter De Vries

Someone described Providence as the baptismal name of chance; no doubt some pious person will retort that chance is the nickname of Providence. — Nicolas Chamfort

Trust the past to God's mercy, the present to God's love, and the future to God's providence. — Augustine Of Hippo

Perhaps there is no providence, no fate, no grand plan, she thinks now. Perhaps we dig our own traps and lie down in them. — Emma Donoghue

LAST, n. A shoemaker's implement, named by a frowning Providence as opportunity to the maker of puns. — Ambrose Bierce

There are many scapegoats for our sins, but the most popular one is Providence. — Mark Twain

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

The United States appear to be destined by Providence to plague America with misery in the name of liberty. — Simon Bolivar

Fate controls only the weak, Your Highness. The strong mould the providence the want — Amish Tripathi

Providence ever turns bad to the good, if you have eyes to see it. — D.M. Cornish

I have always felt that whatever the divine Providence permitted to occur, I was not too proud to report. — Charles A. Dana

We must mark God's providence leading us; and if providence tarries, tarry till providence comes — Charles Spurgeon

Appetite, n. An instinct thoughtfully implanted by Providence as a solution to the labor question. — Ambrose Bierce

I firmly believe in Divine Providence. Without belief in Providence I think I should go crazy. Without God the world would be a maze without a clue. — Woodrow Wilson

I think this goes more to the idea of 'relentless irony' than 'divine providence. — Donna Tartt

That which is not allotted the hand cannot reach; what is allotted you will find wherever you may be. — Saadi

When we reckon without Providence, we must frequently reckon twice. — Marie De Rabutin-Chantal, Marquise De Sevigne

Let no man talk of murderers escaping justice, and hint that providence must sleep. — Charles Dickens

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

Providence seems to call me to the regions beyond — David Livingstone

She knew that the word providence meant foresight, the future beheld before it was experienced. — Jhumpa Lahiri

History is the revelation of Providence. — Lajos Kossuth

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. — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton