God helps those who help themselves

Cultural  

1. God will not come to the aid of those who refuse to try; we must exert ourselves if we want to succeed.

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Example Sentences

There's no place where the Bible says God helps those who help themselves.

From Time Magazine Archive

Here was the man who believed that necessity never makes a good bargain, that God helps those who help themselves, sent off to perform a spectacular tin-cup routine.

From Time Magazine Archive

God helps those who help themselves, Mom told Maureen, and so for her own good, she would have to leave the nest and make her way in the world.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls

Did I not say to you, that God helps those who help themselves?

From Home Lights and Shadows by Arthur, T. S. (Timothy Shay)

I have told you before that God helps those who help themselves.

From The Affair of the Brains by Gilmore, Anthony