Charles Spurgeon Quotes

God doesn't help those who help themselves; He helps those who can't help themselves!

Those who ask for help are often those who have failed to do something for themselves.

Help thyself, and God will help thee.

It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.

There may be fairies, there may be elves, but God helps those who help themselves.

...its a rather pleasant change when all your life you've had people looking after you, to have someone to look after yourself. Only of course it has to be someone pretty hopeless to need looking after by me.

The thing about God, she thought, is that He usually does help, but not until you've made an effort on your own.

The principle applies here, help yourselves and Almighty God will not deny you his assistance.

The helpless can't help the helpless.

As long as you feel your own weakness and helplessness, you will find help from above.

Help yourself and God will help you

Help yourself, then God will also help you!

We will find grace to help us when we need it

God himself helps those who dare.

You know I ain't never prayed before 'Cause it always seemed to me That prayin's the same as beggin' Lord, I don't take no charity.

For one cannot assume that God exists to help people who are too cowardly and too lazy to help themselves and think that God exists only to make up for the weakness of mankind. He does not exist for that purpose. He has always, at all times, blessed only those who were prepared to fight their own battles.

I once heard a man say he knew there was a God, he just didn't think he needed Him. It is nice to take care of yourself and be independent, but it is also nice to know that you have a resource to rely on in times of need. If you are used to fending entirely for yourself, then when a catastrophe occurs you will expend a lot of energy looking for help at a time when you need your energy looking for help at a time when you need your energy for creative work.

What would you do without me? Say 'nothing.'" "Nothing," said the Prince. "Good. Then you're helpless and I'll help you.

I would like to remind the black ministry and indeed all black people that God is not in the habit of coming down from heaven to solve people's problems on earth.

Pray as though everything depended on God. Work as though everything depended on you.

Help thyself and Heaven will help thee.

And sometimes to help them we have got to help ourselves.

I know no words of prayer - God help me because I can not help myself.

Helping those who have been struck by unforeseeable misfortunes is fundamentally different from making dependency a way of life.

You cannot help people permanently by doing for them what they can and should do for themselves.