God helps those who help themselves 是個諺語，意為「天助自助者」或「自助者天助之」。西元前 428 年古希臘詩人歐里庇得斯 (Euripides) 所著的著名悲劇《希波呂托斯》(Hippolytus) 中就已表達了這句諺語背後的意涵：”Try first thyself, and after call in God; For to the worker God himself lends aid.”。
不過，這句諺語確切的用字遣詞是由英國政治家阿爾格農‧西德尼 (Algernon Sidney) 在 1600 年代寫下的。
例句：
- God helps those who help themselves, have they heard that divine counsel? (天助自助者，他們聽過神的忠告嗎？)
- You can’t spend your days waiting for a good job to find you. God helps those who help themselves. (你不能整天都在等待好工作找上你。天助自助者)
- A: I’m really praying hard for an A on my math exam. (A：我真的很努力祈禱我的數學考試能拿到 A)
B: You better start studying. God helps those who help themselves. (B：你最好開始唸書。自助者天助之)