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Quotes About Self-help

God loves to help him who strives to help himself.
~ Aeschylus
I'm not Dr. Phil. I'm not Dr. Laura.
~ Delilah
Grover} Cleveland, this product of good conscience and self-help, with his stern ideas of purity, efficiency, and service, was a taxpayer's dream, the ideal bourgeois statesmen for his time: out of heartfelt conviction he gave to the interests what many a lesser politician might have sold them for a price. He was the flower of American political culture in the Gilded Age.
~ Richard Hofstadter
The man who doctors himself with the aid of medical books, runs the risk of dying of a typographical error.
~ Evan Esar
Self help books are pointless. Here's something for you... Men are from Mars, women are from Venus, and self help books are from Uranus.
~ Craig Ferguson
I learned how to believe in myself. Learned how to set goals, you know, self help books man. I just read every single one I can get a hold of, and I still do.
~ Drew Carey
No grace can save any man unless he helps himself.
~ Henry Ward Beecher
The faculty of self-help is that which distinguished man from animals; that it is the Godlike element, or holds within itself the Godlike element, of his constitution.
~ J. G. Holland
I was going to buy a copy of "The Power of Positive Thinking", and then I thought: What good would that do?
~ Ronnie Shakes
Samuel Smiles's 1859 bestseller Self-Help (with illustrations of Character and Conduct).
~ Will Schwalbe
Now, the aid which helps a man to help himself is not in the least akin to the aid which is given in charity. If
~ William Graham Sumner
In my experience the most crucial predictor of recovery is a persistent willingness to exert some effort to help yourself. Given this attitude, you will succeed.
~ David D. Burns
Help thyself, and God will help thee.
~ George Herbert
Government charity gives the most to those who refuse to help themselves; private charity gives less.
~ James Cook
The UNIA teaches our race self-help and self-reliance... in all those things that contribute to human happiness and well-being.
~ Marcus Garvey
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman, 'Where's the self-help section?' She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
~ George Carlin
Happiness is not a limited resource. So help yourself, and there will be plenty left for everyone else.
~ Marie Forleo
It is a waste of money to help those who show no desire to help themselves.
~ Taylor Caldwell
There may be fairies, there may be elves, but God helps those who help themselves.
~ Stephen King
The only real help is self-help. Anything else is just designed to get you to the point where you can help yourself.
~ Seth
I can't help you if you won't help yourself.
~ Amy Winehouse
First you have to help yourself.
~ Tenzin Palmo
The gods help them who help themselves.
~ Aesop
When I asked for help, no one is there except me. "Helping yourself is a great help you ever get it from anyone".
~ Sivaprakash Sidhu