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

"And we say that God helps those who help themselves."

From There was a King in Egypt by Lorimer, Norma

"I believe you will do your part, and God helps those who help themselves."

From The Young Explorer by Alger, Horatio