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Definition of Providence
Providence

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.

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Providence Quotations

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

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

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

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

A God without dominion, providence, and final causes, is nothing else but fate and nature.
Alexander Pope

Providence Translations

providence in French is providence
providence in German is Vorsehung
providence in Spanish is providencia


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