Despair Quote by James Anthony Froude

“You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could and should do for themselves.”

— Abraham Lincoln Artman Himmelwright

You cannot help men permanently by doing for them what they could do for themselves.

— Abraham Lincoln

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

— William J. H. Boetcker

“You can't help a man who won't be helped. (p. 364)”

— Brenda Rickman Vantrease

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…

— Samuel Smiles

“Men often, in endeavoring to gratify their own passions, seek what is injurious to them, reject what would be truly advantageous, and are deluded…

— Sozomen

They [the people under you] may desire help, but more than anything else they desire sympathy. Don't make the mistake of turning such men…

— Napoleon Hill

Men take their misfortunes to heart and keep them there.

— Ihara Saikaku

“Men will not give up their privilege of helplessness without a struggle.”

— Crystal Eastman

“Dependable men can be relied upon to keep away when things are going well, but will come to your aid without fail when you…

— Alexander Bennett

Men ought to be most annoyed by the sufferings which come from their own faults.

— Marcus Tullius Cicero

Men cannot expect to do ill and fare well, but to find that done to them which they did to others.

— Matthew Henry