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Whenever we attempt to mend the scheme of Providence and to interfere in the Government of the world, we had need be very circumspect lest we do more harm than good.
Comfort is the god of our generation, so suffering is seen as a problem to be solved, and not a providence from God.
I do not believe that the Constitution was the offspring of inspiration, but I am as satisfied that it is as much the work of a Divine Providence as any of the miracles recorded in the Old and New Testament.
Go, wiser thou! and in thy scale of sense weigh thy opinion against Providence.
The damnest scoundrel that ever lived, but in the infinite mercy of Providence... also the damnest fool.
The gods are just. No doubt. But their code of law is dictated, in the last resort, by the people who organize society; Providence takes its cue from men.
For when a people is not willing or able to fight for its existence- Providence in its eternal justice has decreed that people's end.
Soldiers, I had lately like to have been taken from you by the attempt of a few desperate men, but by the grace and providence of the gods, I am still preserved.
It may be providence's will that the cause I represent may prosper more by my suffering than by my remaining free.
Charles Wyly was born Oct 13, 1933, in Lake Providence, La., and for a period lived with his family in a shack without electricity or plumbing.
Your soul will be blessed, Sister, if you bear patiently the troubles of mind and body His Providence sends you, or which come to you from within and without.
The moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. Whatever you think you can do, or believe you can do, begin it. Action has magic, power and grace.
The determinations of Providence are always wise, often inscrutable; and, though its decrees appear to bear hard upon us at times, is nevertheless meant for gracious purposes.
The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.
Oh, the ignorance of us upon whom Providence did not sufficiently smile to permit us to be born in New England.
When a king creates an office, Providence creates immediately a fool to buy it.
There is a sort of economy in Providence that one shall excel where another is defective, in order to make men more useful to each other, and mix them in society.
As an overruling providence may succeed our wishes, let us rear an offspring in every respect worthy to fill the most illustrious stations of their predecessors.
I believe that Providence would never have allowed us to see the victory of the Movement if it had the intention after all to destroy us at the end.
Most people of action are inclined to fatalism and most of thought believe in providence.
When we reckon without Providence, we must frequently reckon twice.
It is a singular fact that most men of action incline to the theory of fatalism, while the greater part of men of thought believe in providence.
There are four different theories concerning Divine Providence; they are all ancient, known from the time of the Prophets, when the true law was revealed to enlighten these dark regions.
Much of life appears mundane at the time. Yet in God's providence every moment includes significant details arranged by His divine hand.
Illiteracy must be banished from the land if we shall attain that high destiny as the foremost of the enlightened nations of the world which, under Providence, we ought to achieve.
I am most thankful to Almighty Providence for mercies received, and determined still to press the case into public notice as a token of gratitude.
The equity of Providence has balanced peculiar sufferings with peculiar enjoyments.
Let us be convinced that nothing can happen to us apart from the providence of God.
Management [ Providence ], knowledge, and intention are not the same when ascribed to us and when ascribed to God.
Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.
In all created things discern the providence and wisdom of God, and in all things give Him thanks.
Virtually all men of action incline to Fatality just as most thinkers incline to Providence.
And Burke, could he see our century, never would concede that a consumption-society, so near to suicide, is the end for which Providence has prepared man.
A door that seems to stand open must be of a man's size, or it is not the door that providence means for him.
I believe God rules all by his divine providence and that the stars by his permission are instruments.
Highest Providence often works a wonderful miracle: that of having evil men make others who are evil to become good.
For health and the constant enjoyment of life, give me a keen and ever present sense of humor; it is the next best thing to an abiding faith in providence.
I can express no better hope for my country than that the kind Providence which smiled upon our fathers may enable their children to preserve the blessings they have inherited.
All the forms of civil polity have been tried by mankind, except one, and that seems to have been reserved in Providence to be realized in America.
The Providence that watches over the affairs of men works out of their mistakes, at times, a healthier issue than could have been accomplished by their wisest forethought.
Not all the subtilties of metaphysics can make me doubt a moment of the immortality of the soul, and of a beneficent Providence. I feel it, I believe it, I desire it, I hope it, and will defend it to my last breath.
The fact that Abraham Lincoln ever, ever became President is either a freak accident of history... or destiny; God's providence to America.
There is a great Field-Marshal, my friend, who arrays our battalions; Let us to Providence trust, and abide and work in our stations.
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.
To that Providence, my sons, I hereby commend you, and I counsel you by way of caution to forbear from crossing the moor in those dark hours when the powers of evil are exalted.
You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics, if you are desirous of comprehending the relation between the world and Providence as it is in reality, and not according to imagination.
Bountiful as is the hand of Providence, its gifts are not so bestowed as to seduce us into indolence, but to rouse us to exertion.
I started broadcasting in 1992, calling Providence College women's basketball on radio. From there to an analyst on the NBA. Think of that journey and every step in between. It's special.
I am convinced that nothing will happen to me, for I know the greatness of the task for which Providence has chosen me.
Providence must call us and we must follow it, if we are to go forward confidently.
People are responsible for their opinions, but Providence is responsible for their morals.
My dear sister, I hope, when God Almighty in his righteous providence shall take me out of time into eternity, that it will be by a flash of lightning.
Peoples which bastardize themselves, or let themselves be bastardized, sin against the will of eternal Providence.
Providence was well aware what lay ahead for me, and my Capuchin training was to prepare me for it.
Providence is like a curious piece of tapestry made of a thousand shreds, which, single, appear useless, but put together, they represent a beautiful history to the eye.
[The adoption of the Constitution] will demonstrate as visibly the finger of Providence as any possible event in the course of human affairs can ever designate it.
There are still many people in America who regard depressions as acts of God. I think Keynes proved that the responsibility for these occurrences does not rest with Providence.
Every time I found an egg to eat, or when I survived a storm in which trees were collapsing all around me, I felt that it was Providence. I don't need to believe - I know.
Trust the past to the mercy of God, the present to His love, and the future to His providence.
All things are ordered by God, but His providence takes in our free agency, as well as His own sovereignty.
