Andrew Carnegie Quotes

The wide world is full of people wanting help, Jon. Would that some could find the courage to help themselves. - Lord Commander Mormont

The idea that somebody else is going to swoop down and play the fairy godmother role is pretty unlikely, so why not take care of yourself?

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

Carefully avoid all undertakings which depends on others; but let him eagerly pursue that which depends on himself.

My mother often told us that it is a poor dog that will not wag its own tail.

The best kind of charity is to help those who are willing to help themselves.

And there is no use whatever, gentlemen, trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

I can't help you if you won't help yourself.

Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment. In the last analysis, the welfare of the workers depends upon their own initiative. Whatever is done under the guise of philanthropy or social morality which in any way lessens initiative is the greatest crime that can be committed against the toilers. Let social busybodies and professional "public morals experts" in their fads reflect upon the perils they rashly invite under this pretense of social welfare.

The man who will get up will be helped up; and the man who will not get up will be allowed to stay down.

Is it important to have a crew behind me? No, it's important to have me behind them. That's how I look at it. You can't just roll with a situation like you're depending on somebody to help you. You're supposed to help the situation, whatever the situation is that you're in.

Men must necessarily be the active agents of their own well-being and well-doing they themselves must in the very nature of things be their own best helpers.

God helps those who help themselves.

God helps those who help themselves.

The gods help them that help themselves.

You cannot push any one up a ladder unless he be willing to climb a little himself.

Sometimes if you want to see a change for the better, you have to take things into your own hands.

No, I think it taught me to be independent and never expect a handout and never wait for anybody to hand you anything in any aspect of my life.

Years ago I learned to be totally responsible for Dionne Warwick. I will not wait for opportunities. I will create them.

People like to blame others. I think a person should just look at their own situation, look around them, find out what they wish to do, and seek and go and do that. And that's it.

You don't wait for somebody to give you something. Then it's not going to happen.

I often feel like saying, when I hear the question 'People aren't ready,' that it's like telling a person who is trying to swim, 'Don't jump in that water until you learn how to swim.' When actually you will never learn how to swim until you get in the water. And I think people have to have an opportunity to develop themselves and govern themselves.

God helps only those who are prepared and determined to help themselves.

Doing for people what they can and ought to do for themselves is a dangerous experiment.

Some people just wait for someone to take them under their wings but they should just find someones wings to grab onto.