Top 25 Providence Quotes of 88

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

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

B. B. Warfield

Faith, Trouble, Providence

Behold, now, another providence of God. A ship comes into the harbor.

William Bradford

Ships, Harbors, Providence

William Bradford (1952). “Of Plymouth Plantation, 1620-1647”, p.112, Rutgers University Press

Do your duty and leave the rest to Providence.

Stonewall Jackson

Duty And Honor, Providence, Duty

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, Providence, Clear

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

Gottfried Leibniz

Destiny, Certain, Providence

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

Providence, Higher Power, Clear

Hans Christian Andersen (1871). “The Story of My Life”, p.146

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

John Flavel

Hebrew, Providence, Backwards

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

Vincent de Paul

Faith, Providence, Ifs

Saint Vincent de Paul, Pierre Coste (1992). “Correspondence, conferences, documents”, New City Pr

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

Charles Spurgeon

Men, Providence, Serving God

Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1963). “Men of the Old Testament”

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

A.J. Cronin

Yardsticks, Divine, Providence

Father, help us to rest our heads on the soft pillow of Your providence.

Alistair Begg

Father, Helping, Providence

Providence is the perpetuity and continuance of creation.

Richard Sibbes

Creation, Providence, Continuance

Richard Sibbes (2015). “Complete Works of Richard Sibbes: (7 Volume Set)”, p.3131, Titus Books

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

Alphonse de Lamartine

Details, Affair, Providence

Alphonse de Lamartine (1854). “Memoirs of celebrated characters”, p.141

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

Adolf Hitler

Religious, Way, Providence

Speech, Munich, Germany, 15 Mar. 1936

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

Vera Brittain

Mercy, Should, Providence

Vera Brittain (2009). “Testament of Youth: An Autobiographical Study Of The Years 1900-1925”, p.337, Hachette UK

I have the grace of providence to be poor.

Antonio de Oliveira Salazar

Grace, Poor, Providence

"Salazar and his time" by César de Oliveira, The Official Publisher, (p. 98), 1991.

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

Mary Webb

Buckets, Abundance, Providence

You don’t question Providence. If you can’t have the reality, a dream is just as good.

Ray Bradbury

Dream, Reality, Providence

Ray Bradbury (2012). “The Martian Chronicles”, p.169, Simon and Schuster

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

Nazr Mohammed

Ties, Camels, Providence

Some providences, like Hebrew letters, must be read backwards.

John Flavel

Letters, Hebrew, Providence

John Flavel (1822). “Navigation Spiritualized, Or, A New Compass for Seamen: Consisting of Thirty-two Points ...”, p.121

A purpose is the eternal condition of success.

Thornton Wilder

Purpose, Providence, Eternal

The whole concept of providence is that God knows everything about what we do.

R. C. Sproul

Providence, God Knows, Whole

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

George Washington

Liberty, Virtue, Providence

George Washington, John Jay, Jared Sparks (1850). “Washington's Farewell Address to the People of the United States of America”, p.38, New York : J. Wiley