Quotes about Providence

I wanted it all to be wonderful for you.' She waited for him to find his own answer to this, which he did with disarming swiftness. 'That's vanity, I suppose. Take pen and ink and write it down. His lordship is in the enjoyment of very low spirits, owing to his inexplicable inability to bend Providence to his own designs.

So often the providences of God seem to run completely counter to His promises, but only that He may test our faith, only that He may ultimately accomplish His purpose for our lives in a way that He could never do if the path were always smooth.

We make our plans, but God directs our steps.

It must seem like the world is ending, but wait and see what God will do. He must have something wonderful in mind.

Sometimes luck put a man in the right place at the right time. Sometimes, a good friend. But more often than not, Daniel mused, it was the providence of God and His never-ending grace.

God told you to leave that trunk in the basement for me?" Incredulous. Doubt. Awe. "I think He did. I believe He did. And you found it. And you wore it.

You let him figure the outcome. We make our plans, but God directs our steps.

No use denying it. God was up to something.

But for God...

America is another name for opportunity. Our whole history appears like a last effort of divine providence on behalf of the human race.

On observing 1963 America for the first time, the author says that organization and standardization to a certain degree compete with divine providence.

By the divine providence [animals] are intended for man's use... Hence it is not wrong for man to make use of them, either by killing or in any other way whatsoever.