Providence Quotes

• A firm faith in the universal providence of God is the solution of all earthly troubles.

  B. B. Warfield

  Faith, Trouble, Firm

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• I do not believe that the Constitution was the offspring of inspiration, but I am as satisfied that it is as much the work of a Divine Providence as any of the miracles recorded in the Old and New Testament.

  Benjamin Rush

  Inspiration, Believe, Patriotic

  Benjamin Rush (1951). “Letters”

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• We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights, among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, that to secure these rights governments are instituted among men. We...solemnly publish and declare, that these colonies are and of a right ought to be free and independent states...and for the support of this declaration, with a firm reliance on the protection of divine providence, we mutually pledge our lives, our fortunes, and our sacred honour.

  Thomas Jefferson

  Independent, Men, Pursuit Of Happiness

  Thomas Jefferson (1997). “Thomas Jefferson, His Words and Vision”, p.15, Peter Pauper Press, Inc.

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• 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

  Crazy, Believe, Thinking

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• Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.

  Saint Augustine

  Life, Christian, Law

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• Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.

  Saint Augustine

  Christian, Past, Mercy Of God

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• 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

  Truth, May, Trust In God

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• Grace makes the promise and providence the payment.

  John Flavel

  Grace, Promise, Payment

  John Flavel (2013). “The Mystery of Providence”, p.6, Lulu Press, Inc

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• I never could believe that Providence had sent a few men into the world, ready booted and spurred to ride, and millions ready saddled and bridled to be ridden.

  Richard Rumbold

  Believe, Fate, Men

  On the scaffold, in T. B. Macauley 'Histories of England' vol. 1 (1849) ch. 1

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• A firm faith in the universal providence of God is the solution of all earthly problems. It is almost equally true that a clear and full apprehension of the universal providence of God is the solution of most theological problems.

  B. B. Warfield

  Problem, Clear, Firm

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• Through the years, I have discovered some essential principles in discerning God's will: First, by God's grace, we must be firmly committed to seeking first the Kingdom of God and His glory. Secondly, we must establish a life discipline of renewing our minds in the Word of God. Thirdly, we must seek godly counsel from mature believers. Fourthly, we must watch for signs of God's providence opening doors and closing them. Finally, we should consider the desires of our heart.

  Paul Washer

  Heart, Godly, Opening Doors

  Source: m.blogs.christianpost.com

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• Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.

  Thornton Wilder

  Inspirational, Success, Doe

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

  Henry Ward Beecher

  War, Clear Head, Sides

  Henry Ward Beecher (1866). “Royal truths”, p.104

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• Long may it remain in this mixed world a question not easy of decision, which is the more beautiful evidence of the Almighty's goodness, the soft white hand formed for the ministrations of sympathy and tenderness, or the rough hard hand which the heart softens, teaches, and guides in a moment.

  Charles Dickens

  Beautiful, Heart, Hands

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• There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow.

  William Shakespeare

  Fall, Special, Hamlet And Ophelia

  'Hamlet' (1601) act 5, sc. 2, l. [232]

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

  Charles Spurgeon

  Wheels, Infinite, Gracious

  Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1869). “Gleanings Among the Sheaves”, p.71

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• No country upon earth ever had it more in its power to attain these blessings than United America. Wondrously strange, then, and much to be regretted indeed would it be, were we to neglect the means and to depart from the road which Providence has pointed us to so plainly; I cannot believe it will ever come to pass.

  George Washington

  Country, Believe, Mean

  George Washington (1852). “The life of General Washington: first president of the United States”, p.155

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• The political horizon looks dark and lowering; but the people, under Providence, will set all right.

  Abraham Lincoln

  Dark, People, Political

  Abraham Lincoln (2008). “The Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln”, p.160, Wildside Press LLC

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• Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial To my proportion'd strength.

  John Milton

  Eye, Squares, Trials

  John Milton, Henry John Todd (1809). “The Poetical Works of John Milton,: With Notes of Various Authors. To which are Added Illustrations, and Some Account of the Life and Writings of Milton,”, p.298

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• You may say, "I wish to send this ball so as to kill the lion crouching yonder, ready to spring upon me. My wishes are all right, and I hope Providence will direct the ball." Providence won't. You must do it; and if you do not, you are a dead man.

  Henry Ward Beecher

  Spring, Men, Wish

  Henry Ward Beecher (1858). “Life Thoughts”, p.106

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• What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support, That to the height of this great argument I may assert eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men. 1 Paradise Lost. Book i. Line 22.

  John Milton

  Book, Dark, Men

  Paradise Lost bk. 1, l. 22 (1667) See Housman 5; Milton 49

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• Go, mark the matchless working of the power
  That shuts within the seed the future flower;
  Bids these in elegance of form excel.
  In color these, and those delight the smell;
  Sends nature forth, the daughter of the skies,
  To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.

  William Cowper

  Daughter, Flower, Eye

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• Let us hope, I prayed, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we have been laboring.

  Peter De Vries

  God, Kind, Ends

  Peter De Vries (2014). “The Mackerel Plaza: A Novel”, p.21, Open Road Media

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• But every human path leads on to God;
  He holds a myriad finer threads than gold,
  And strong as holy wishes, drawing us
  With delicate tension upward to Himself.

  Edmund Clarence Stedman

  Strong, Drawing, Wish

  Edmund Clarence Stedman (1873). “The Poetical Works of Edmund Clarence Stedman”, p.45

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• The equity of Providence has balanced peculiar sufferings with peculiar enjoyments.

  Samuel Johnson

  Suffering, Peculiar, Enjoyment

  Samuel Johnson (1850). “The History of Rasselas, Prince of Abissinia: A Tale ; The Vision of Theodore ; The Fountains, a Fairy Tale”, p.32

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