Quotes with providence

  • I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.
  • There is no action of man in this life which is not the beginning of so long a chain of consequences, as that no human providence is high enough to give us a prospect to the end.

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  • Alexander Pope A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson Accept the place the divine providence has found for you, the society of your contemporaries, the connection of events.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Napoleon Chance is the providence of adventurers.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Abraham Lincoln Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher God's providence is on the side of clear heads.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Blaise Pascal He that takes truth for his guide, and duty for his end, may safely trust to God's providence to lead him aright.
    Blaise Pascal
    French mathematician, physicist and philosopher (1623 - 1662)
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  • John Adams I always consider the settlement of America with reverence and wonder, as the opening of a grand scene and design in providence, for the illumination of the ignorant and the emancipation of the slavish part of mankind all over the earth.
    John Adams
    President of the USA (2nd) (1735 - 1826)
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  • George Washington Carver I didn't make these discoveries... God has only worked through me to reveal to His children some of His wonderful providence.
    George Washington Carver
    American botanist and inventor (1864 - 1943)
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  • Anne Hutchinson I do here speak it before the court. I look that the Lord should deliver me by his providence.
    Anne Hutchinson
    American religious reformer and activist
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  • Adolf Hitler I go the way that Providence dictates with the assurance of a sleepwalker.
    Adolf Hitler
    German politician (1889 - 1945)
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  • William E. Gladstone If Germany is to become a colonizing power, all I say is, ''God speed her!'' She becomes our ally and partner in the execution of the great purposes of Providence for the advantage of mankind.
    William E. Gladstone
    British Liberal Prime Minister, Statesman (1809 - 1888)
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  • G.W.F. Hegel It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.
    G.W.F. Hegel
    German philosopher (1770 - 1831)
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  • Jonathan Swift It is impossible that anything so natural, so necessary, and so universal as death, should ever have been designed by providence as an evil to mankind.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Sebastian Faulks It's better to have a malign providence than an indifferent one.
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    Sebastian Faulks
    British novelist, journalist and broadcaster (1953 - )
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  • Honoré de Balzac Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.
    Honoré de Balzac
    French writer (1799 - 1850)
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  • St. Augustine of Hippo Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.
    St. Augustine of Hippo
    Roman African Christian theologian and philosopher (354 - 430)
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  • John Louis O'Sullivan Other nations have tried to check... the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.
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  • Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt Providence certainly does not favor just certain individuals, but the deep wisdom of its counsel, instruction and ennoblement extends to all.
    Karl Wilhelm Von Humboldt
    German statesman (1767 - 1835)
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  • Alphonse De Lamartine Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.
    Alphonse De Lamartine
    French poet, statesman and historian (1790 - 1869)
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  • Thornton T. Munger Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.
    Thornton T. Munger
    American scientist and environmentalist
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