Quotes related to Proverbs 3:5-6
It's man's nature to abuse knowledge and power, be it in the realm of science, government, or Wall Street. Take God out of the picture, and you have real trouble.
— Frank Peretti
Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures.
— Joseph Addison
Intelligence, patriotism, Christianity, and a firm reliance on Him, who has never yet forsaken this favored land, are still competent to adjust, in the best way, all our present difficulty.
— Abraham Lincoln
Jesus did not promise to change the circumstances around us. He promised great peace and pure joy to those who would learn to believe that God actually controls all things.
— Corrie Ten Boom
There is unwavering peace today when an uncertain tomorrow is trusted to an unchanging God.
— Ann Voskamp
Never, for the sake of peace and quiet, deny your own experience or convictions.
— Dag Hammarskjold
Abide in peace, banish cares, take no account of all that happens, and you will serve God according to his good pleasure and rest in him.
— John of the Cross
This is the secret of joy. We shall no longer strive for our own way; but commit ourselves, easily and simply, to God's way, acquiesce in His will, and in so doing find our peace.
— Evelyn Underhill
Peace does not lie in getting God to give me other circumstances. Peace lies in finding God in these circumstances.
— John Ortberg
We need to make peace with who we are so insecurities don't become a distraction to how we live. Just because I sometimes feel insecure doesn't mean I have to be insecure.
— Lysa TerKeurst
True peace consists in not separating ourselves from the will of God.
— St. Thomas Aquinas
In the center of a hurricane there is absolute peace and quiet. There is no safer place than in the center of the will of God
— Corrie Ten Boom