Providence Quotes - Page 18

• Prayer is one of the necessary wheels of the machinery of providence.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Prayer, Wheels, Machinery

  Spurgeon, Charles, Delmarva Publication,inc (2015). “The Complete Works of C. H. Spurgeon, Volume 82”, p.202, Delmarva Publications, Inc.

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• Howbeit your faith seeth but the black side of providence, yet it hath a better side, and God shall let you see it. ... “For we know that all things work together for good to them that love God,” ergo, shipwreck, losses, &c., work together for the good of them that love God: hence I infer, that losses, disappointments, ill tongues, loss of friends, houses, or country, are God's workmen, set on work to work out good to you, out of everything that befalleth you.

  Samuel Rutherford

  Country, Disappointment, Loss

  "Letters of the Rev. Samuel Rutherford".

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

  Knut Hamsun

  Fate, Men, Evil

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• It seems then, say I, that you leave politics entirely out of the question, and never suppose, that a wise magistrate can justly be jealous of certain tenets of philosophy, such as those of Epicurus, which, denying a divine existence, and consequently a providence and a future state, seem to loosen, in a great measure, the ties of morality, and may be supposed, for that reason, pernicious to the peace of civil society.

  David Hume

  Wise, Philosophy, Jealous

  David Hume, Tom L. Beauchamp (2000). “An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: A Critical Edition”, p.101, Oxford University Press

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• 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.

  William Banting

  Gratitude, Thank You God, Thankfulness

  William Banting (2005). “Letter on Corpulence”, p.50, Cosimo, Inc.

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

  Mary Webb

  Buckets, Abundance, Wells

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• It is because we have such shallow views of God's love that we have such defective views of God's dealings. We blindly interpret the symbols of His providence, because we so imperfectly read the engravings of His heart.

  Octavius Winslow

  Heart, Views, Shallow

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• If God has given you but a small portion of the world, yet if you are godly He has promised never to forsake you (Heb. 13:5). Providence has ordered that condition for you which is really best for your eternal good. If you had more of the world than you have, your heads and hearts might not be able to manage it to your advantage.

  John Flavel

  Christian, Heart, Godly

  John flavel, Rev Terry Kulakowski (2017). “The Mystery of Providence”, p.90, Lulu.com

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• The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by their wisest forethought.

  James Anthony Froude

  Mistake, Men, Issues

  "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers". Book by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, 1895.

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• I believe there are few events in my life which have not happened to many; it is true the incidents of it are numerous, and, did I consider myself an European, I might say my sufferings were great; but when I compare my lot with that of most of my countrymen, I regard myself as a particular favorite of heaven, and acknowledge the mercies of Providence in every occurrence of my life.

  Olaudah Equiano

  Believe, Heaven, Suffering

  Olaudah Equiano, Olaudah Equiano / Gustavus Vassa. (2013). “The Interesting Narrative of the life of Olaudah Equiano (Written by Himself).”, p.19, Alejandro's Libros

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• Who can . . . guess how much industry and providence and affection we have caught from the pantomime of brutes?

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Animal, Affection, Caught

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (1866). “The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Comprising His Essays, Lectures, Poems, and Orations”, p.157

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

  Arthur Hugh Clough

  Fields, My Friends, Stations

  Arthur Hugh Clough (1848). “The Bothie of Toper-na-fuosich: a long-vacation pastoral”, p.51

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• What else is chance but the rude stone which receives its life from the sculptor's hand? Providence gives us chance, and man must mould it to his own designs.

  Friedrich Schiller

  Men, Hands, Giving

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

  George Eliot

  Waiting

  George Eliot (1873). “Wise, Witty, and Tender Sayings in Prose and Verse: Selected from the Works of George Eliot”, p.80

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• It will generally be found that men who are constantly lamenting their ill luck are only reaping the consequences of their own neglect, mismanagement, and improvidence, or want of application.

  Samuel Smiles

  Inspirational, Men, Effectiveness

  Samuel Smiles (1861). “Self-help, with Illustrations of Character and Conduct”, p.229

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• Concerning all acts of iniative and creation, there is one elementary truth- that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves, too.

  W. H. Murray

  Change, Moving, Growth

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• Would all, who cherish such wild wishes, but look around them, they would oftenest find their sphere of duty, of prosperity, and happiness, within those precincts, and in that station where Providence itself has cast their lot. Happy they who read the riddle without a weary world-search, or a lifetime spent in vain!

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Happiness, Wish, Looks

  Nathaniel Hawthorne (1982). “Tales and Sketches”, p.606, Library of America

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• Providence has given human wisdom the choice between two fates: either hope and agitation, or hopelessness and calm.

  Yevgeny Baratynsky

  Hope, Fate, Two

  "Two Fates" by Yevgeny Baratynsky, translated by Dmitri Obolensky, 1823.

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• As a general rule, Providence seldom vouchsafes to mortals any more than just that degree of encouragement which suffices to keep them at a reasonably full exertion of their powers.

  Nathaniel Hawthorne

  Hope, Encouragement, Degrees

  Nathaniel Hawthorne (2015). “Dark Tales (Illustrated Edition): Gothic Classics: “The House of the Seven Gables”, “The Minister’s Black Veil”, “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment”, “Birthmark”, “An Old Woman’s Tale”, “Ghost of Doctor Harris”…”, p.111, e-artnow

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• I was educated, I was trained, I was a Presbyterian and I knew how these things are done. I knew that in Biblical times if a man committed a sin the extermination of the whole surrounding nation-cattle and all-was likely to happen. I knew that Providence was not particular about the rest, so that He got somebody connected with the one He was after.

  Mark Twain

  Biblical, Men, Religion

  Mark Twain (2016). “Mark Twain in Eruption (Abridged, Annotated)”, p.177, BIG BYTE BOOKS

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• 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

  Darkness, Atheism, Mystery

  Charles Hodge (1872). “Systematic Theology”, p.199

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• I never lost my belief, in the midst of setbacks which were not spared me during my period of struggle. Providence has had the last word and brought me success.

  Adolf Hitler

  Struggle, Lasts, Belief

  "The Third Reich: A New History". Book by Michael Burleigh, p. 1884, 2000.

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• The world was all before them, where to choose Their place of rest, and Providence their guide: They hand in hand, with wandering steps and slow, Through Eden took their solitary way.

  John Milton

  Hands, Eden, World

  Paradise Regained bk. 4, l. 220 (1671) SeeWilliamWordsworth 12

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• Theirs is the mystery of continuous creation and all that providence implies: the uncertainty of vision, the horror of the fixed, the dissolution of the present, the intricacy of beauty, the pressure of fecundity, the elusiveness of the free, and the flawed nature of perfection.

  Annie Dillard

  Perfection, Vision, Pressure

  Annie Dillard (2016). “The Abundance”, p.100, Canongate Books

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• Any father…must finally give his child up to the wilderness and trust to the providence of God. It seems almost a cruelty for one generation to beget another when parents can secure so little for their children, so little safety, even in the best circumstances. Great faith is required to give the child up, trusting God to honor the parents’ love for him by assuring that there will indeed be angels in that wilderness.

  Marilynne Robinson

  Children, Father, Angel

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