“Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.”
Jean De La Fontaine (1621–1695) French poet, fabulist and writer.
Aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera.
Book VI (1668), fable 17.
Fables (1668–1679)
“533. Help thyselfe, and God will helpe thee.”
Jacula Prudentum (1651)
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Christian Scriver (1629–1693) German hymnwriter
Source: Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers (1895), P. 206.
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Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727)
“The gods help them that help themselves.”
Aesop (-620–-564 BC) ancient Greek storyteller
Hercules and the Wagoner.
George S. Clason book The Richest Man in Babylon
Source: The Richest Man in Babylon
“God helps those who help themselves.”
Algernon Sidney (1623–1683) British politician and political theorist
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.
“And if God does not help me to go on, then I shall have to help God.”
Etty Hillesum (1914–1943) Jewish diarist
The surface of the earth is gradually turning into one great prison camp, and soon there will be nobody left outside. … I don't fool myself about the real state of affairs, and I've even dropped the pretense that I'm out to help others. I shall merely try to help God as best I can, and if I succeed in doing that, then I shall be of use to others as well. But I mustn't have heroic illusions about that either.
11 July 1942, p. 484-85
Etty: The Letters and Diaries of Etty Hillesum, 1941-1943