Quotes about Providence
God measures out affliction to our need.
— St. John Chrysostom
When he went back to the fire he knelt and smoothed her hair as she slept and he said if he were God he would have made the world just so and no different.
— Cormac McCarthy
God is able to place stars in their sockets & suspend sky like a curtain; surely He is mighty enough to light your path.
— Max Lucado
God is never late, but rarely early.
— Mother Teresa
God is not blind; neither is He capricious. For Him there are no accidents. With God there are no cases of chance events.
— RC Sproul
Seek first God's Kingdom, that is, become like the lilies and the birds, become perfectly silent - then shall the rest be added unto you.
— Soren Kierkegaard
We never know what God has up His sleeve. You never know what might happen; you only know what you have to do now.
— Elisabeth Elliot
We are apt to believe in Providence so long as we have our own way; but if things go awry, then we think, if there is a God, he is in heaven, and not on earth.
— Henry Ward Beecher
When you say, I don't know exactly what God is doing, but I know he's in control that's evidence you're trusting Him.
— James MacDonald
Moreover, a true Christian will not ascribe any prosperity to his own diligence, industry, or good fortune, but he will acknowledge that God is the author of it.
— John Calvin
The providence of God does not relieve us of our human responsibility: it doesn't call for inactivity, it calls for activity.
— Alistair Begg
Everyone who believes in God at all believes that he knows what you and I are going to do tomorrow.
— CS Lewis