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title: "8 God helps those who help themselves Quotes by 8 authors"
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> [I believe the old cliché, 'God helps those who help themselves,' is not only misleading but often dead wrong. My most spectacular…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/catherine-marshall/i-believe-the-old-clich-god-helps-those-who-help-themselves-is-not/)

[Catherine Marshall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/catherine-marshall/)

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> [Heaven ne'er helps the men who will not act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophocles/heaven-ne-er-helps-the-men-who-will-not-act/)

[Sophocles](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophocles/)

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> ['God helps those who help themselves.' - it's a very true saying.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maharishi-mahesh-yogi/god-helps-those-who-help-themselves-it-s-a-very-true-saying/)

[Maharishi Mahesh Yogi](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maharishi-mahesh-yogi/)

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> [I'm lucky. I don't know whether I'm deserving or not. All I know is that I work damn hard for everything. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/priyanka-chopra/i-m-lucky-i-don-t-know-whether-i-m-deserving-or-not-all-i-know-is/)

[Priyanka Chopra](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/priyanka-chopra/)

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> [God doesn't help those who help themselves; He helps those who can't help themselves!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joyce-meyer/god-doesn-t-help-those-who-help-themselves-he-helps-those-who-can-t/)

[Joyce Meyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joyce-meyer/)

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> [God helps those who cannot help themselves.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-spurgeon/god-helps-those-who-cannot-help-themselves/)

[Charles Spurgeon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-spurgeon/)

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> [Help thyself, and God will help thee.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-herbert/help-thyself-and-god-will-help-thee/)

[George Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-herbert/)

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> [... a bad attitude, that the love of money is the root of all evil and the rich are evil and greedy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-kiyosaki/a-bad-attitude-that-the-love-of-money-is-the-root-of-all-evil-and-the/)

[Robert Kiyosaki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-kiyosaki/)

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