Providence Quotes

For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.

When blithe to argument I come, Though armed with facts, and merry, May Providence protect me from The fool as adversary, Whose mind to him a kingdom is Where reason lacks dominion, Who calls conviction prejudice And prejudice opinion.

You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics, if you are desirous of comprehending the relation between the world and Providence as it is in reality, and not according to imagination.

I cannot but be grieved to go from my native land, and especially from that part of it for whom and with whom I desired only to live; yet the dreadful apprehensions I have of what is coming upon this land may help to make me submissive to this providence, though more bitter.

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

The ultimate triumph of philosophy would be to cast light upon the mysterious ways in which Providence moves to achieve the designs it has for man.

I am most thankful to Almighty Providence for mercies received, and determined still to press the case into public notice as a token of gratitude.

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.

Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.

I do here speak it before the court. I look that the Lord should deliver me by his providence.

The efficiency of God may be understood as either creation or providence.

There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.

Through the humbling dispensations of Divine Providence, men are sometimes fitted for his service.

People don't realize what a brilliant politician Lincoln was. Looking back, we want to ascribe a level of providence to his every decision but he was a cunning and calculating politician; from the cultivation of his image as a hayseed from Illinois, to his ability to keep this country together under dire circumstances.

Providence School of Art students used to sneak into P Funk concerts.

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.

When good befalls a man he calls it Providence, when evil fate.

I believe God rules all by his divine providence and that the stars by his permission are instruments.