A dictionary of Proverbs (Oxford Paperback Reference)

ALL things are possible with God
With allusion to MATTHEW xix. 26 (AV).. with God all things are possible; cf. HOMER Odyssey x. 306 6^ SE те паита SuavavTai, with the gods all things can be done.

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  1694 P. A. MOTTEUX tr. Rabelais’ Pantagruel V xliii. Drink.. and you shall find its taste and flavor to be exactly that on which you shall have pitched. Then never presume to say that anything is impossible to God. 1712 C. MATHER Letter 22 Nov. (1971) 117 However, take it again; all things are possible with God. 1826 L. BEECHER Letter 11 June in Autobiography (1865) II. viii. Sometimes it seems as if persons had too much.. intellect to be converted easily. But all things are possible with God. 1965 M. SPARK Mandelbaum Gate vi. It would be interesting, for a change, to prepare and be ready for possibilities of, I don’t know what, since all things are possible with God and nothing is inevitable. 1971 ‘S. CHANCE’ Septimus and Danedyke Mystery (1973) iii. 31 ‘All things are possible—but some are not very likely. As the Apostle should have said, but didn’t.’ “possibility and impossibility
  

ALL things come to those who wait
Cf. Fr. tout vient a celui qui sait attendre, all comes to him who knows how to wait.

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  1530 A. BARCLAY Eclogues (EETS) II. 843 Somewhat shall come who can his time abide. 1642 G. TORRIANO Select Italian Proverbs 26 He who can wait, hath what he desireth. 1847 DISRAELI Tancred II. IV. viii. I have got it at last, everything comes if a man will only wait. 1872 V. FANE Tout vient a qui sait Attendre in From Dawn to Noon II. 85 Ah! ‘All things come to those who wait.’.. They come, but often come too late. 1980 M. SELLERS Leonardo & Others viii. Everything comes to those who wait. The theory fitted well into my lazy way of thinking. 2002 Times 2 14 Feb. 7 Until last week I considered the proverb ‘All things come to those who wait’ to be up there with ‘Every cloud has a silver lining’ on the list of fatuous remarks to make when your best friend has failed a vital job interview, been dumped by the love of his life, dropped his dentures down a drain or been trapped for hours on the Tube. “patience and impatience
  

all see also all’s for the BEST in the best of all possible worlds; all CATS are grey in the dark; DEATH pays all debts; why should the DEVIL have all the best tunes?; don’t put all your EGGS in one basket; all’s FAIR in love and war; all is FISH that comes to the net; all that GLITTERS is not gold; all is GRIST that comes to the mill; when all you have is a HAMMER, everything looks like a nail; HEAR all, see all, say nowt; to KNOW all is to forgive all; there is MEASURE in all things; MODERATION in all things; ONE size does not fit all; to the PURE all things are pure; a RISING tide lifts all boats; all ROADS lead to Rome; the THIRD time pays for all; all’s WELL that ends well; you can’t WIN them all; all WORK and no play makes Jack a dull boy.