Quotes about Providence
There is a special Providence that watches over idiots, drunken men, and boys.
— Thomas Bailey Aldrich
If our rest was here, most of God's providences must be useless. Should God lose the glory of his church's miraculous deliverances, and of the fall of his enemies, that men may have their happiness here?
— Richard Baxter
God never does anything accidentally...
— Rick Warren
Your birth was no mistake or mishap, and your life is no fluke of nature. Your parents may not have planned you, but God did. He was not at all surprised by your birth. In fact, he expected it.
— Rick Warren
Gratitude asks, "Why me? Why do I get all that I have?
— Rick Warren
Because God is sovereignly in control, accidents are just incidents in God's good plan for you.
— Rick Warren
It is God who directs the lives of his creatures; everyone's life is in his power.
— Rick Warren
God wants us to have faith that does not complain while waiting, but rejoices because we know our times are in His hands ... hands that labour for our highest good.
— Kay Arthur
I never prayed sincerely and earnestly for anything but it came at some time; no matter at how distant a day, somehow, in some shape, probably the least I would have devised, it came.
— Adoniram Judson
God will only give you what you would have asked for if you knew everything he knows
— Timothy Keller
What is to be, will be, and no prayers of ours can arrest the decree.
— Abraham Lincoln
O Lord you know what is best for me. Let this or that be done as you please. Give what you will how much you will and when you will.
— Thomas a Kempis