Quotes related to Proverbs 16:9
Your heart is not the compass that God steers by.
— Samuel Rutherford
Certainly one must try everything, but only to become more certain what God's way is.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Principles are only tools in the hands of God; they will soon be thrown away when they are no longer useful.
— Dietrich Bonhoeffer
We all wanted what we wanted, and when the Lord fulfilled HIS purpose rather than ours, we struck out against him. In anger. In disappointment. Yet, it is God's will that prevails.
— Francine Rivers
If I have a script, I tend to stick to it even if God may be leading me elsewhere in the moment.
— Francis Chan
God gave us free will, and we may choose to exercise it in ways that end up hurting other people.
— Francis Collins
God gave us our agency. He taught us a way. He showed us what to do. But he gave us our agency and left us free to act as we choose to do.
— Gordon Hinckley
Many of our troubles are God dragging us, and they would end if we would stand upon our feet and go whither He would have us go.
— Henry Ward Beecher
God is the one great employer, thinker, planner, supervisor.
— Henry Ward Beecher
Our names... are in the hands of God, Who will preserve them so far as He has use of them, and further we shall have no use of them ourselves.
— Jeremiah Burroughs
People are not going to give you a vision, but God can.
— John Maxwell
Success is terrifying. Like happiness, it is often appreciated in retrospect. It's only later that you place it in perspective. Years from now, I'll look back and say, 'God, wasn't it wonderful.'
— Julie Andrews