Quotes About Providence

Who was it said that coincidence was just God's way of remaining anonymous?

quién dijo que la coincidencia es la manera que Dios tiene de permanecer anónimo?

Chi è che ha detto che le coincidenze sono solo il modo che Dio ha scelto per restare anonimo?

Quién dijo que la coincidencia es la manera que tiene Dios de permanecer anónimo?

Chance had placed him in the catapult and now it was up to the vagaries of history to cut the catapult's rope.

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.

The trouble with trying to make the right accident happen is that it won't. That is not what "accident" means. The accident that eventually occurred was not what he had planned at all.

The trouble with trying to make the right accident happen is that it won't. That is not what 'accident' means. The accident that eventually occurred was not what he had planned at all.

The trouble with trying to make the right accident happen is that it won't. That is not what accident means.

our lot is to fear God and find our contentment in his providence

Favours come to us from gods.

She looked at them with shining eyes. Her chin went up. She said: "You regard it as impossible that a sinner should be struck down by the wrath of God! I do not!" The judge stroked his chin. He murmured in a slightly ironic voice: "My dear lady, in my experience of ill-doing, Providence leaves the work of conviction and chastisement to us mortals-and the process is often fraught with difficulties. There are no short cuts.

The mills of God grind slowly, but they grind exceeding small—

My dear lady, in my experience of ill-doing, Providence leaves the work of conviction and chastisement to us mortals—and the process is often fraught with difficulties. There are no short cuts.

Coge lo que quieras y paga por ello, dice Dios».

Her mind went back to the scene she had witnessed. Horrible, quite horrible… She was a strong-nerved woman, but she shivered. What a strange—what a fantastic thing to happen to her, Elspeth McGillicuddy! If the blind of the carriage had not happened to fly up… But that, of course, was Providence. Providence had willed that she, Elspeth McGillicuddy, should be a witness of the crime. Her lips set grimly.

Providence leaves the work of conviction and chastisement to us mortals - and the process is often fraught with difficulties, There are short cuts.

Providence leaves the work of conviction and chastisement to us mortals—and the process is often fraught with difficulties. There are no short cuts.

The lord taketh and the lord taketh away. That is all" --Buck from Mental Hell

Evolution does not contradict the reception of being from its Source since chance events can be subsumed under divine providence.

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.