Source: Discourses Concerning Government (1689), Ch. 2, Sect. 23; comparable to: "Help thyself, and God will help thee", George Herbert, Jacula Prudentum; "Heaven ne’er helps the men who will not act", Sophocles, Fragment 288 (Plumptre’s Translation); "Help thyself, Heaven will help thee", Jean de La Fontaine, Book vi. fable 18.
“God helps only those who are prepared and determined to help themselves.”
Adolf Hitler (1889–1945) Führer and Reich Chancellor of Germany, Leader of the Nazi Party
Speech in Weimar http://der-fuehrer.org/reden/english/38-11-06.htm, 6 November 1938 <br class="br">1930s
“The best kind of charity is to help those who are willing to help themselves.”
P.T. Barnum (1810–1891) American showman and businessman
Ch. 18: "Be charitable" http://www.fourmilab.ch/etexts/www/barnum/moneygetting/moneygetting_chap19.html <br class="br">Art of Money Getting (1880)
“The gods help them that help themselves.”
Aesop (-620–-564 BC) ancient Greek storyteller
Hercules and the Wagoner.
“Faith in God includes faith in those who help God.”
Leslie Weatherhead (1893–1976) English theologian
Source: The Christian Agnostic (1965), p.269
Pandit Lekh Ram (1858–1897) Hindu leader
Risala-i-Jihad, Treatise on Holy War, or the basis of the Mohammedan religion, 1892, quoted in Elst, Koenraad (2001). Decolonizing the Hindu mind: Ideological development of Hindu revivalism. New Delhi: Rupa. p.108-9
“The most generous person is the one who offers help to those who do not expect him to help.”
Husayn ibn Ali (626–680) The grandson of Muhammad and the son of Ali ibn Abi Talib
Majlisi, Bihārul Anwār, vol.78, p. 121
General Quotes
James Hudson Taylor (1832–1905) Missionary in China
(J. Hudson Taylor. Separation and Service: Or Thoughts on Numbers VI, VII. London: Morgan & Scott, n.d., 105).
