God helps those who help themselves

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First appearing in English (in this form) in 1698, in Algernon Sidney's Discourses Concerning Government. Translation of a maxim found in Ancient Greek and Roman literature; equivalent proverbs are found in many languages, such as Hungarian and Italian.

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: اعقِلْها وتَوكَّلْ — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Asturian: al que nun pide nun lu oye Dios — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Catalan: ajuda't i Déu t'ajudarà — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Catalan: ajuda't i cel t'ajudarà — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Chinese Mandarin: 天道酬勤 (tiāndào chóuqín) — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Chinese Mandarin: 自助者天助 (zìzhùzhě tiānzhù) — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Czech: pomoz si sám a Bůh ti pomůže — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Finnish: Jumala auttaa niitä — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Finnish: jotka auttavat itse itseään — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• French: aide-toi, le ciel t'aidera — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Galician: Deus axuda ao que se axuda — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Galician: Dá Deus ventura a quen a procura — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• German: hilf dir selbst, dann hilft dir Gott — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Hungarian: segíts magadon, s az Isten is megsegít — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Italian: aiutati che Dio t'aiuta — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Italian: aiutati che il ciel t'aiuta — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Japanese: 天は自ら助ける者を助く (ten wa mizukara tasukeru mono o tasuku) — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Korean: 자구다복 (jagudabok) — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Korean: 하늘은 스스로 돕는 자를 돕는다 (haneur-eun seuseuro domneun ja-reul domneunda) — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Portuguese: Deus ajuda quem se ajuda — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Romanian: Dumnezeu te ajută, dacă te ajuți singur; ajută-te și Dumnezeu te va ajuta. — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Russian: на бо́га наде́йся, а сам не плоша́й (na bóga nadéjsja, a sam ne plošáj) — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Serbo-Croatian: ко се сам чува и Бог га чува — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Serbo-Croatian: ko se sam čuva i Bog ga čuva — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Spanish: ayúdate que Dios te ayudará — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Spanish: a Dios rogando y con el mazo dando — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Swedish: hjälp dig själv så hjälper dig gud — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things
• Thai: ตนเป็นที่พึ่งแห่งตน — good fortune comes to those who make an effort to accomplish things