"And this is what was fascinating to me about 'The Help'; they were ordinary people who did extraordinary things."
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"Pacifists become militants. Freedom fighters become tyrants. Blessings become curses. Help becomes hindrance. More becomes less."
"Chance never helps those who do not help themselves."
"There may be fairies, there may be elves, but God helps those who help themselves."
"You have to experiment and that's gonna help your confidence so much when you step out and try things."
"Advances in science help to delegitimize the rule of kings and the power of the Church."
"Happiness is available. Please help yourself to it."
"Money is worth what it will help you to produce or buy and no more."
"Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars."
"Prayer is a very precious medicine, one that certainly helps and never fails, if you will only use it."
"All the passages in the Holy Scriptures that mention assistance are they that do away with "free-will", and these are countless...For grace is needed, and the help of grace is given, because "free-will" can do nothing."
"Dialogue and education for peace can help free our hearts from the impulse toward intolerance and the rejection of others."
"In the present circumstances, no one can afford to assume that someone else will solve their problems. Every individual has a responsibility to help guide our global family in the right direction. Good wishes are not sufficient; we must become actively engaged."
"when pain is to be born, a little courage helps more than much knowledge, a little human sympathy more than much courage, and the least tincture of the love of God more than all."
"Faith shows us that we are never alone. Transformation helps us to love the mystery."
"That which is apprehended by intelligence and reason is always in the same state; but that which is conceived by opinion with the help of sensation and without reason, is always in a process of becoming and perishing and never really is."
"There's always an important person who helps support your interests and encourages you."
"All men are in need of help and depend on one another. Human solidarity is the necessary condition for the unfolding of any one individual."
"Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment."
"As we help others, we cannot help but help ourselves."