Saint Augustine Quotes

O thou great, unknown Power! Thou Almighty God, who hast lighted up reason in my breast and blessed me with immortality! I have frequently wandered from that order and regularity necessary for the perfection of thy works, yet thou hast never left me nor forsaken me.

God has a plan for every individual. We must only strive to achieve what we have to. He takes care of the rest.

God will either give us what we ask, or what He knows to be better for us.

It is only in misery that we recognize the hand of God leading good men to good.

I have had prayers answered - most strangely so sometimes - but I think our Heavenly Father's loving-kindness has been even more evident in what He has refused me.

God's goal is not to get what you want; it is to get you what you need.

God answers prayer in His own way, not ours.

You don’t need to seek opportunity. All you have to do is seek God. And if you seek God, opportunity will seek you.

Christ sometimes provokes a question so that He can be the answer.

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.

The longer I live the more convinced I become that God governs in the affairs of men. And have we now forgotten that powerful friend? Or do we imagine we no longer need His assistance.

You must also remember that the world has God to govern it, and He has not left it to our charity. The Lord God is its Governor and Maintainer, and in spite of these wine fanatics and cigar fanatics, and all sorts of marriage fanatics, it would go on. If all these persons were to die, it would go on none the worse.

Acknowledging the Lord's hand in our lives cultivates gratitude. . . .

God's providence is not blind, but full of eyes.

Sometimes I thank God for unanswered prayers. Remember when you're talkin' to the man upstairs; that just because he doesn't answer doesn't mean he don't care. Some of God's greatest gifts are unanswered prayers

It often happens that we pray God to deliver us from some dangerous temptation, and yet that God does not hear us, but permits the temptation to continue troubling us. In such a case, let us understand that God permits even this for our greater good.

God is going to reveal to us things He never revealed before if we put our hands in His.

There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us.

I felt like God was giving me a chance to assist in a miracle. There is something so relieving about life taking over you like that. You're playing a part in a much bigger show. And that's what life is. It's the greatest show on earth.

You may not get what you want, but God always gives you what you need.

Necessity is God's veil.

There's a divinity that shapes our ends, Rough-hew them how we will.

Sometimes it is the destinations out of reach that create the circumstances God uses to remind that we are never out of his reach.

God's decisions are always mysterious, but they are always in our favour.

Men talk about Bible miracles because there is no miracle in their lives. Cease to gnaw that crust. There is ripe fruit over your head.