Providence Quotes

See also Core English Vocabulary (P) Quotes

I don`t like to see exaggerated airs and exploding egos in people who are already established. No player ever rises to prominence solely on talent. They`re molded by forces other than themselves. They should remember this - and at least twice a week drop to their knees and thank Providence for elevating them from cow ranches, dime store ribbon counters and bookkeeping desk.

- Gary Cooper

(on Alain Resnais) Resnais is one of the genius directors, too, however difficult it is to work in his way on a script as complex as Providence (1977). He`s the only poet director I`m aware of.

- Dirk Bogarde

When good befalls a man he calls it Providence, when evil fate.

- Knut Hamsun

Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive.

- Mohandas K. Gandhi

I thought he had a tremendous year (in Providence). I thought he matured physically right in front of our eyes. He got better and better every game that he played. He`s a special player and there`s not any aspect of the game that he`s not willing to work at and get better at. Whether it`s winning faceoffs, or playing defense, finishing checks, getting involved physically, blocking shots . . . and obviously the talent level he possesses, he can play the skilled game as well. His game has evolved and I think he`ll continue to do so. He`s a young kid who is really coming into his own.

- Mike Sullivan

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

The ultimate triumph of philosophy would be to cast light upon the mysterious ways in which Providence moves to achieve the designs it has for man.

- Marquis de Sade

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

The fatigue of body and mind has almost unnerved this old frame, and unfitted me to endure the burdens which Providence calls upon me to bear. I find as I grow old I grow more peevish and cannot bear so much contradiction, therefore I am called uncharitable and severe. No matter -- this frail life will soon be over.

- William Miller

We`re so excited to have EDGE here in Providence. Finally -- we`ll have a website that can reveal all that our city has to offer.

- Chris Harris

Providence has hidden a charm in difficult undertakings which is appreciated only by those who dare to grapple with them.

- Aaron Baer

Providence conceals itself in the details of human affairs, but becomes unveiled in the generalities of history.

- Ajay Vagha

I do here speak it before the court. I look that the Lord should deliver me by his providence.

- Al Aldridge

It is easier to discover a deficiency in individuals, in states, and in Providence, than to see their real import and value.

- Alex Kornhauser

Providence has been so indulgent to us as to allow of but one venomous reptile of the serpent kind in these kingdoms, and that is the viper.

- Alex Saitta

Because men believe not in Providence, therefore they do so greedily scrape and hoard. They do not believe in any reward for charity, therefore they will part with nothing.

- Alexis Truchan

Under the benignant providence of Almighty God the representatives of the States and of the people are again brought together to deliberate for the public good.

- Alfredo Alonso

Through the humbling dispensations of Divine Providence, men are sometimes fitted for his service.

- Allan Keller

About the twenty-third year of my age, I had many fresh and heavenly openings, in respect to the care and providence of the Almighty over his creatures in general, and over man as the most noble amongst those which are visible.

- Allan Keller

I once asked a hermit in Italy how he could venture to live alone, in a single cottage, on the top of a mountain, a mile from any habitation? He replied, that Providence was his next-door neighbor.

- Allison Hanna

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.

- Alvin Hellerstein

For it would have been better that man should have been born dumb, nay, void of all reason, rather than that he should employ the gifts of Providence to the destruction of his neighbor.

- Alvin Wright

What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children?

- Alvina Tan

Experience join`d with common sense, To mortals is a providence.

- Amanda Lenhart

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.

- Anders Aslund

I believe God rules all by his divine providence and that the stars by his permission are instruments.

- Andrew Poulson

Michael brings a wealth of experience in media, communications and information, deep knowledge of the changing technology and regulatory environment, and an exceptional network of relationships across the industry. Michael will advise us on some of our current investments and will assist us in identifying and pursuing new opportunities in his areas of expertise. We are extremely pleased that he will join Providence Equity, and we look forward to his contributions to the firm.

- Arthur Daley

When I contemplate the interposition of Providence, as it was visibly manifested, in guiding us through the Revolution, in preparing us for the reception of a general government, and in conciliating the good will of the People of America towards one

- George Washington

Let us hope, that a kind Providence will put a speedy end to the acts of God under which we have been laboring

- Peter De Vries

There is special providence in the fall of a sparrow

- William Shakespeare

Providence has given us hope and sleep as a compensation for the many cares of life

- Voltaire

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 Wilder

There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.

- Otto von Bismarck

We plan our lives according to a dream that came to us in our childhood, and we find that life alters our plans. And yet, at the end, from a rare height, we also see that our dream was our fate. It`s just that providence had other ideas as to how we would get there. Destiny plans a different route, or turns the dream around, as if it were a riddle, and fulfills the dream in ways we couldn`t have expected.

- Ben Okri

Afflictions sent by providence melt the constancy of the noble minded, but confirm the obduracy of the vile, as the same furnace that liquefies the gold, hardens the clay

- Charles Caleb Colton

The longer I live, the more faith I have in Providence, and the less faith in my interpretation of Providence

- Jeremiah Day

Providence is always on the side of the last reserve

- Napoleon Bonaparte

Order your soul; reduce your wants; live in charity; associate in Christian community; obey the laws; trust in Providence.

- Saint Augustine