God helps those who help themselves

English Alternative forms en God helps them that help themselves en heaven helps those who help themselves en the Lord helps those who help themselves Etymology First appearing in English (in this form) in 1698, in Algernon Sidney's Discourses Concerning Government.en 1698 Discourses Concerning Government Algernon Sidney Algernon Sidney 2 1 section 23 https://archive.org/details/discoursesconcer01sidn/page/298/mode/1up 298 God helps thoſe who help themſelves; and men are by ſeveral reaſons induced to ſuccour an induſtrious and brave people: Translation of a maxim found in Ancient Greek and Roman literature; equivalent proverbs are found in many languages, such as Hungarian and Italian. Proverb proverb ~help[s] Good fortune or providential aid comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things. Translations good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things Arabic: ar اعقِلْها وتَوكَّلْ Asturian: ast al que nun pide nun lu oye Dios Azerbaijani: az səndən hərəkət, məndən bərəkət Catalan: ca ajuda't i Déu t'ajudarà, ca ajuda't i cel t'ajudarà Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 天道酬勤 tiāndào chóuqín, cmn 自助者天助 zìzhùzhě tiānzhù Czech: cs pomoz si sám a Bůh ti pomůže Finnish: fi Jumala auttaa niitä, fi jotka auttavat itse itseään French: fr aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera Galician: gl Deus axuda ao que se axuda, gl Dá Deus ventura a quen a procura German: de hilf dir selbst, dann hilft dir Gott Hungarian: hu segíts magadon, s az Isten is megsegít Italian: it aiutati che Dio t'aiuta, it aiutati che il ciel t'aiuta Japanese: ja 天は自ら助ける者を助く ten wa mizukara tasukeru mono o tasuku Korean: ko 자구다복(自求多福), ko 하늘-은 스스로 돕는 자-를 돕는다 Portuguese: pt Deus ajuda quem se ajuda Romanian: ro Dumnezeu te ajută, dacă te ajuți singur; ajută-te și Dumnezeu te va ajuta. Russian: ru на бо́га наде́йся, а сам не плоша́й Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh ко се сам чува и Бог га чува Latin: sh ko se sam čuva i Bog ga čuva Spanish: es ayúdate que Dios te ayudará, es a Dios rogando y con el mazo dando Swedish: sv hjälp dig själv så hjälper dig gud Thai: th ตนเป็นที่พึ่งแห่งตน See also en God works in mysterious ways en God loves a trier en God hates a coward References Further reading en sentences