Providence Quotes - Page 4

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

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

Without any cant, does not Providence provide wonderfully for us?

The gods give to mortals not everything at the same time.

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

God tempers the cold to the shorn sheep.

By an ambitious chieftain, aiming only to aggrandize himself and establish his power, the subject might have been regarded in a different light; but the designs and actions of Washington centred in nobler objects, the freedom, tranquillity, and happiness of his country, in which he was to participate equally with every other citizen, neither seeking nor expecting any other preeminence than that of having been an instrument in the hand of Providence.

We mustn't be in a hurry to fix and choose our own lot; we must wait to be guided.

I believe that we are conforming to the divine order and the will of Providence when we are doing even indifferent things that belong to our condition.

Seek virtue and of that posest, to Providence resign the rest.

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.

There is a great Field-Marshal, my friend, who arrays our battalions; Let us to Providence trust, and abide and work in our stations.

Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.