The act of providing or preparing for future use or application; a making ready; preparation.
Foresight; care; especially, the foresight and care which God manifests for his creatures; hence, God himself, regarded as exercising a constant wise prescience.
A manifestation of the care and superintendence which God exercises over his creatures; an event ordained by divine direction.
Prudence in the management of one's concerns; economy; frugality.
Providence has its appointed hour for everything. We cannot command results, we can only strive. Mahatma Gandhi
Blessed be Providence which has given to each his toy: the doll to the child, the child to the woman, the woman to the man, the man to the devil! Victor Hugo
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
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
What gift has providence bestowed on man that is so dear to him as his children? Marcus Tullius Cicero
