The Lord helps those who help themselves.......

Well i personally have never relied on the police to protect me or my family and i have family members who are law enforcement officers. I have yet to meet a criminal that would wait for the police to show up to help you.

 

The Lord helps those who help themselves.......


and just where is that quote from?

 

That wasn't the question....

 

But that is what he meant by the statement. God would help him because he helped himself by protecting his family is what i got from it.

 

Still doesn't answer my question....

 

Your original questions was......

I didn't see any quotation marks.

 

"God helps those who help themselves" is probably the most often quoted phrase that is not found in the Bible. This is actually a quote from Ben Franklin and it appeared in Poor Richard's Almanac in 1757...

I looked it up and this is what I found about the quote in question...