John Dryden Quotes

When a book leaves your hands, it belongs to God. He may use it to save a few souls or to try a few others, but I think that for the writer to worry is to take over God's business.

I believe that whatever comes at a particular time is a blessing from God.

I do not think anyone can ever do anything without the help and will of God.

God may not be there when you want him but he is always on time.

There has been a most Providential Guidance which the want of prudence, vigilance, or judgement has not impeded, and it is here that we can most clearly see the designs of God.

I believe God will make a way.

In the end, it is about whether God wants us to be in the final, but I know that is what God wants. This time we will not need the Hand of God, because it is the will of God.

I think often that God is guiding me.

What God hath wrought?

God will open any doors he wants to open, and if He closes doors, that's fine, too.

Whatever I will become will be what God has chosen for me.

I believe firmly in God's control in life.

God answers prayers, but he doesn't always answer it your way.

God will finish what He authors, but He is not obligated to finish what He has not authored.

To pray for any thing, which we can obtain by the due application of our natural powers, and neglect the means of procuring it, is impertinence and laziness in the abstract; and to pray for that which God in the course of his providence, has put out of our power to obtain, is only murmuring against God, and finding fault with his providence, or acting the inconsiderate part of a child.

God governs in the affairs of men. And if a sparrow cannot fall to the ground without his notice, is it probable that an empire can rise without his aid.

I believe in one principle: Do your work and leave the rest to God.

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

Just because we want something so bad does not mean that God wants it for us, too.

I don't think any person has any special knowledge about what God has planned for me and you any more than me and you do.

Leave the rest to the gods.

I never search for a reason why - I have faith in the Lord's purpose.

Ah, I am thinking people put more in their prayers than was ever put in them by God.

I do know this: God does answer your prayers, but it's not always in the way you expect. God knows what's best for us, though, so there's no need to worry when things don't go how we originally wanted them to go.

What God chooses for us children of men is always the best.