Quote#Courage
I thought I could plainly trace the hand of God, without whose…
Quote byOlaudah Equiano · 1745–1797
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African (1789), Page 88.
English (original)
I thought I could plainly trace the hand of God, without whose permission a sparrow cannot fall. I began to raise my fear from man to him alone, and to call daily on his holy name with fear and reverence: and I trust he heard my supplications, and graciously condescended to answer me according to his holy word, and to implant the seeds of piety in me, even one of the meanest of his creatures.
— Olaudah Equiano
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