No man who is not willing to help himself has any right to apply to his friends, or to the gods.
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God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
God lends a helping hand to the man who tries hard.
In the Old Testament, it says that if you have the power to do something good, then you have to do it. You're not to avoid helping somebody in their time of need.
God helps those who help themselves.
He that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own conscience, and therefore it is certain that no man serves God with a good conscience who serves him against his reason.
We're often ashamed of asking for so much help because it seems selfish or petty or narcissistic, but I think, if there's a God - and I believe there is - that God is there to help. That's what God's job is.
It is folly for a man to pray to the gods for that which he has the power to obtain by himself.
If you have not first pondered the entire situation of the man whom you wish to help, and if you have not brought with you instructions for him to follow henceforth in leading his life, he will not receive great good from your help.
I do not think anyone can ever do anything without the help and will of God.
Sometimes, it is enough for us to hold out a hand to receive help. It is not we who help; God helps, granting His power to the powerless word.
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