self-helpful
- a word derived from self-help.
Example Sentences
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How hard it was to give help, and at the same time to teach the poor to be self-helpful!
From Honey-Sweet by Turpin, Edna Henry Lee
They aim to give each child an elementary education, and afterwards a trade; and as the boys learn also agricultural labors of different kinds, they are generally self-helpful when they pass into the world.
From The Communistic Societies of the United States From Personal Visit and Observation by Nordhoff, Charles
It is knowing how, generally, to make the most of yourself and of your opportunities, and have a nice world to live in, a thrifty, self-helpful, disciplined world.
From That Fortune by Warner, Charles Dudley
Are they counselled to be active, self-helpful, self-reliant, alert, ingenious, energetic, aggressive?
From A New Atmosphere by Hamilton, Gail
Let him be self-helpful, think and do for himself, and he will have the better chance of success.
From Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 420 Volume 17, New Series, January 17, 1852 by Chambers, William
