Quotes About Providence

The Word says God put ever star in the heavens and even give ever one of em a name. If one of em was gon' fall out the sky, that was up to Him, too. Maybe we can't see where it's gon' wind up, be He can.

Proverbs 16:9: "A man's heart deviseth his way; but the Lord directs his steps.

He thought back over the extraordinarily coincidental chain of events that had brought him here, at this particular time, and then left him marooned, so that he had no choice but to stay. With hindsight, it seemed as though it had all been carefully mapped out by fate.

It's. Not old-fashioned to say God is good. Remember, not one sparrow can fall to the ground—" "But they fall all the time," said Olivia. "We knock them down. We knock them, crush them—carelessly or carefully, it doesn't matter which, and they fall. That's what humans do to humans, so don't talk to me about God.

Burke, could he see our century, never would concede that a consumption-society is the end for which Providence has prepared man.

You never know who it's going to be, or what they'll bring, but whatever it is, it's always exactly what is needed.

Eye me, blest Providence, and square my trial To my proportion'd strength.

Even those to whom Providence has allotted greater strength of understanding can expect only to improve a single science.

I never lost my belief, in the midst of setbacks which were not spared me during my period of struggle. Providence has had the last word and brought me success.

An all-wise Providence permits not sinners to escape thus easily from the punishment they have merited on earth, but reserves them to aid his own designs, using them as instruments whereby to work his vengeance on the guilty.

The cause was not in Dantes, but in providence, who, while limiting the power of man, has filled him with boundless desires.

When Danglars witnessed Napoleon's return to France, he realized the full effect of the blow he had directed against Dantès: his denunciation had been accurate and, like all men with a certain natural aptitude for crime and only average understanding of ordinary life, he described this strange coincidence as 'a decree of Providence'.

And why do you represent Providence? ... Why do you remember when it forgets?

Hush, La Carconte. It is God's pleasure that things should be so.

a man who may not, like you, have seen all the kingdoms on earth, but who helped to overthrow one of the most powerful; a man who did not, like you, claim to be one of the envoys of God, but of the Supreme Being, not of Providence but of Fate. Well, Monsieur, the rupture of a blood vessel in the brain put an end to all that, not in a day, not in an hour, but in a second.

Lebt wohl, Güte, Menschenfreundlichkeit, Dankbarkeit... lebt wohl, ihr sämtlichen Gefühle, die das Herz aufgehen lassen! Ich habe mich an die Stelle der Vorsehung gesetzt, um die Guten zu belohnen... Jetzt möge der Gott der Rache mir sein Amt abtreten, um die Bösen zu bestrafen!

How odd and inexplicable are the paths of destiny. What intention did Providence have by ruining the one who it has raised up, and raising up the one who it has ruined?

adiós, bondad, humanidad y gratitud… , adiós, todos los sentimientos que ennoblecen el alma. He querido ocupar el puesto de la Providencia para recompensar a los buenos… , ahora cédame el suyo el Dios de las venganzas para castigar a los malvados.

Thus Dantes, who but three months before had no desire but liberty, had now not liberty enough and panted for wealth. The cause was not in Dantes but in Providence who, whilst limiting the power of man, has filled him with boundless desires.

Et maintenant, dit l'homme inconnu, adieu bonté, humanité, reconnaissance... adieu à tous les sentiments qui épanouissent le coeur! ... Je me suis substitué à la Providence pour récompenser les bons... que le Dieu vengeur me cède sa place pour punir les méchants! (p. 396)

You know, Edmond, I am no longer a thinking creature. I have no further resolve except that of never again being resolved about anything. God has so shaken me with storms that I have lost all willpower. I am in His hands, like a sparrow in the claws of an eagle. Since I am alive, He does not want me to die. If He sends me any succour, it will be because He wants it, and I shall accept.

To a just Providence was necessary an instrument, at once penetrating, persevering, and convincing, to accomplish a great work.

The gradual development of the equality of conditions is therefore a providential fact. It has the essential characteristics of one: it is universal, durable, and daily proves itself to be beyond the reach of man's powers. Not a single event, not a single individual, fails to contribute to its development.

God is the God of the present as well as of the future...even here on earth, He reigneth, dispensing good and evil.