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• Look around in the world, and you may see some in every place who are objects of pity, bereaved by sad accidents of all the comforts of life, while in the meantime Providence has tenderly preserved you.

  John Flavel

  Christian, Comfort, Looks

  John Flavel (2013). “The Mystery of Providence”, p.68, Lulu Press, Inc

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• The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

  Robert Green Ingersoll

  Eye, Men, Bending

  Robert Green Ingersoll (1888). “Prose-poems and Selections from the Writings and Sayings of Robert G. Ingersoll”

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• We sometimes had those little rubs which Providence sends to enhance the value of its favors.

  Oliver Goldsmith

  Favors, Littles, Sometimes

  Oliver Goldsmith (1845). “The Vicar of Wakefield: A Tale”, p.2

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• Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it.

  W. H. Murray

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred.

  W. H. Murray

  Commitment, Misunderstood, Genius

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• Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies.

  Alexander Pope

  Wise, Giving, Deny

  Alexander Pope, Pat Rogers (2008). “The Major Works”, p.277, Oxford University Press

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• [T]he foundation of a great Empire is laid, and I please myself with a persuasion, that Providence will not leave its work imperfect.

  George Washington

  Foundation, Empires, Constitution

  George Washington, Jared Sparks (1847). “pt. III. Private letters from the time Washington resigned his commission as commander-in-chief of the Army to that of his inauguration as president of the United States: December, 1783-April, 1789”, p.184

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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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• Providence is always on the side of the last reserve.

  Napoleon Bonaparte

  War, Lasts, Sides

  "Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations" by Jehiel Keeler Hoyt, p. 841-60, 1922.

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• There are many scapegoats for our sins, but the most popular one is Providence.

  Mark Twain

  God, Religious, Responsibility

  Mark Twain (2012). “Mark Twain at Your Fingertips: A Book of Quotations”, p.387, Courier Corporation

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• Fear not, but trust in Providence, Wherever thou may'st be.

  Thomas Haynes Bayly

  Trust, Fear, May

  Thomas Haynes Bayly (1844). “Songs and Ballads, Grave and Gay”, p.42

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• If heaven send no supplies, The fairest blossom of the garden dies.

  William Browne

  Garden, Heaven, Supplies

  Nicholas Breton, George Wither, William Browne (1906). “Nicholas Breton: Pastoral Poems; George Wither: Selected Poetry; William Browne (of Tavistock): Pastoral Poetry”

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• A cockle-fish may as soon crowd the ocean into its narrow shell, as vain man ever comprehend the decrees of God!

  William Beveridge

  Ocean, Men, Shells

  William Beveridge (1847). “Ecclesia Anglicana Ecclesia Catholica: Or, The Doctrine of the Church of England Consonant to Scripture, Reason, and Fathers : in a Discourse Upon the Thirty Nine Articles Agreed Upon in the Convocation Held at London MDLXII”, p.344

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• What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

  Marcus Tullius Cicero

  Children, Philosophical, Men

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• Providence has a wild, rough, incalculable road to its end, and it is of no use to try to whitewash its huge, mixed instrumentalities, or to dress up that terrific benefactor in a clean shirt and white neckcloth of a student in divinity.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  White, Trying, Dresses

  Ralph Waldo Emerson, David Mikics (2012). “The Annotated Emerson”, p.406, Harvard University Press

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• Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.

  David Viscott

  Believe, People, Criminal Mind

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• The ways of heaven are dark and intricate,
  Puzzled in mazes, and perplex'd with errors;
  Our understanding traces them in vain,
  Lost and bewilder'd in the fruitless search;
  Nor sees with how much art the windings run,
  Nor where the regular confusion ends.

  Joseph Addison

  Running, Art, Dark

  Joseph Addison (1868). “The Works of Joseph Addison”, p.481

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• Somewhat of goodness, something true
  From sun and spirit shining through
  All faiths, all worlds, as through the dark
  Of ocean shines the lighthouse spark,
  Attests the presence everywhere
  Of love and providential care.

  John Greenleaf Whittier

  Ocean, Dark, Shining

  John Greenleaf Whittier (1873). “The Complete Poetical Works of John Greenleaf Whittier”, p.346

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• Shakespeare said: "There's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow." Everything happens perfectly.

  Frederick Lenz

  Fall, Buddhism, Humanity

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• I must not quarrel with the will
  Of highest dispensation, which herein,
  Haply had ends above my reach to know.

  John Milton

  Quarrels, Ends, Highest

  John Milton (1872). “Milton's Samson Agonistes and Lycidas: With Numerous Illustrative Notes, Etc., Adapted for Use in Training Colleges and Schools”, p.10

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• However benevolent may be the intentions of Providence, they do not always advance the happiness of the individual. Providence has always higher ends in view, and works in a pre-eminent degree on the inner feelings and disposition.

  Wilhelm von Humboldt

  Views, Feelings, Degrees

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• And I will trust that He who heeds
  The life that hides in mead and wold,
  Who hangs you alder's crimson beads,
  And stains these mosses green and gold,
  Will still, as He hath done, incline
  His gracious care to me and mine.

  John Greenleaf Whittier

  Gold, Moss, Done

  John Greenleaf Whittier (1895). “The complete poetical works of John Greenleaf Whittier”

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

  Otto von Bismarck

  Children, America, Political

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• Not a whit, we defy augury: there's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow. If it be now, 'tis not to come; if it be not to come, it will be now; if it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all.

  William Shakespeare

  Fall, Special, Sparrows

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

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• A purpose is the eternal condition of success.

  Thornton Wilder

  Purpose, Eternal, Conditions

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