quote · Words worth keeping
God helps those who help themselves.
God helps those who help themselves.
Approximate author period: c. 1652 AD · renaissance
From the source collection
Meaning
Don't just wait for good things to happen to you. Work hard to achieve your goals.
This explanation comes from the collection, rather than a new Edsverb interpretation. See the attribution and source notes below.
Attribution & collection notes
- Author or tradition
- Algernon Sidney
Attribution: attributed - Country attributed
- Not established
A country attribution does not establish the earliest origin. - Historical period
- Approximate author period: c. 1652 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint
An author lifetime, approximate period or collection date is not necessarily the date when these words were first written or spoken. - Recorded source
- Familiar Quotations, ninth edition (1905 printing) (1905 AD)
Discourses on Government. Chap. ii. Sect. xxiii.
A collection's publication date can be later than the words it records.