heaven helps those who help themselves

Alternative forms

 * heaven helps those that help themselves
 * heaven helps those that help themselves

Etymology
Phrase originates from Aesop, an Ancient Greek author. It was first translated into Latin, then into French by Pierre Millot in 1646. The phrase originates as the opening sentence of Samuel Smiles' book Self-Help from 1859. It is a variation of the pre-existing maxim which also appeared in Benjamin Franklin's Poor Richard's Almanack which was published in the first half of the 18th century.

Translations

 * Arabic: اسعى يا عبدي وأنا أسعى معاك
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 自助者天助,
 * Czech:
 * Danish:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: Jumala auttaa niitä, jotka auttavat itseään
 * French:
 * German: hilf dir selbst, dann hilft dir Gott
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian: aiutati che Dio t'aiuta
 * Japanese: 天は自ら助くる者を助く
 * Korean: 자구다복(自求多福),
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: Deus ajuda quem se ajuda
 * Russian: Бог-то бог, да и сам не будь плох, на бо́га наде́йся, а сам не плоша́й
 * Spanish: la caridad bien entendida empieza por uno mismo
 * Ukrainian:
 * Vietnamese: