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"He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent."

"He who created us without our help will not save us without our consent."

Saint Augustine, Algerian Saint

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"You can't do anything to help your team win when you don't play."

"You can't do anything to help your team win when you don't play."

Freddy Adu, Ghanaian Athlete

87

"It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them."

"It is necessary to help others, not only in our prayers, but in our daily lives. If we find we cannot help others, the least we can do is to desist from harming them."

Dalai Lama XIV, Tibetan Spiritual Leader

Help, Leader, Dalai Lama

75

"You kept quiet... When these victims wanted your help to survive, you kept quiet."

"You kept quiet... When these victims wanted your help to survive, you kept quiet."

Paul Kagame, Rwandan Statesman

Help, Quiet, Victims

71

"How can we help President Obama?"

"How can we help President Obama?"

Fidel Castro, Cuban Statesman

Help, President

69

"Help the man-in-the-street make sense of the bewildering."

"Help the man-in-the-street make sense of the bewildering."

Owen Arthur, Barbadian Statesman

Help, Man, Sense

64

"Let us make a pledge now to help Fiji through this very important next stage of its journey. We can do this by promising to be patient, calm and tolerant and by respecting the views of others, even if we disagree with them."

"Let us make a pledge now to help Fiji through this very important next stage of its journey. We can do this by promising to be patient, calm and tolerant and by respecting the views of others, even if we disagree with them."

Josefa Iloilo, Fijian Statesman

Help, Journey, Now

60

"Even if we are dead we help each other in some little way."

"Even if we are dead we help each other in some little way."

Dave Davies, British Musician

56

"Without accepting the other person's thinking, you cannot further your own interest. You need the other's help to get results."

"Without accepting the other person's thinking, you cannot further your own interest. You need the other's help to get results."

Harri Holkeri, Finnish Politician

Help, Interest, Results, Thinking

50

"But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely."

"But we cannot rely on foreign help indefinitely."

Eduard Shevardnadze, Georgian Politician

41

"You are never strong enough that you don't need help."

"You are never strong enough that you don't need help."

Cesar Chavez, American Activist

40

"Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed."

"Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed."

Maria Montessori, Italian Educator

39

"I definitely think that myself and Sam will help the Timberwolves."

"I definitely think that myself and Sam will help the Timberwolves."

Latrell Sprewell, American Athlete

37

"Sometimes it's like watching a train wreck. You're uncomfortable, but you just can't help yourself. Some of those so-called bad interviews actually turned into compelling television."

"Sometimes it's like watching a train wreck. You're uncomfortable, but you just can't help yourself. Some of those so-called bad interviews actually turned into compelling television."

Tony Danza, American Actor

Help, Television

35

"And sometimes to help them we have got to help ourselves."

"And sometimes to help them we have got to help ourselves."

Stevie Ray Vaughan, American Musician

34

"You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room."

"You can get help from teachers, but you are going to have to learn a lot by yourself, sitting alone in a room."

Dr. Seuss, American Writer

34

"The president requested me to restore order in the national team. I have been designated to be part of the official delegation to Egypt to help boost the morale of our players."

"The president requested me to restore order in the national team. I have been designated to be part of the official delegation to Egypt to help boost the morale of our players."

Roger Milla, Cameroonian Athlete

Help, Order, President

34

"I've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others."

"I've come to the conclusion that it's not really possible to help others."

Paul Cezanne, French Artist

34

"We had a lot of international help especially from the EU and USA, which helped us to get out of this phase of emergency, to give some dynamism to Kosova."

"We had a lot of international help especially from the EU and USA, which helped us to get out of this phase of emergency, to give some dynamism to Kosova."

Ibrahim Rugova, Kosovar Statesman

34

"Immigrants do more than help us win our wars, or set up cleaning shops or ethnic restaurants."

"Immigrants do more than help us win our wars, or set up cleaning shops or ethnic restaurants."

Stephen Ambrose, American Historian

Help, Restaurants, Shops

33

"Michael Sanchez and I grew up in New Jersey, not far from here, playing soccer together. When I was in high school, I worked to start an organization to help senior citizens, which I learned a great deal from."

"Michael Sanchez and I grew up in New Jersey, not far from here, playing soccer together. When I was in high school, I worked to start an organization to help senior citizens, which I learned a great deal from."

Andrew Shue, American Actor

Help, School, Soccer

31

"For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous than someone who is merely fulfilling the role."

"For us, someone who is willing to step forward and help is much more courageous than someone who is merely fulfilling the role."

Margaret J. Wheatley, American Writer

31

"You know, there are some areas of the state that are providing enormous help to their students; there are others where they're not doing what they can."

"You know, there are some areas of the state that are providing enormous help to their students; there are others where they're not doing what they can."

George Pataki, American Politician

Help, State, Students

30

"Concord, solidarity, and mutual help are the most important means of enabling animal species to survive."

"Concord, solidarity, and mutual help are the most important means of enabling animal species to survive."

Christian Lous Lange, Norwegian Politician

Help, Solidarity

30

"It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others."

"It's also selfish because it makes you feel good when you help others. I've been helped by acts of kindness from strangers. That's why we're here, after all, to help others."

Carol Burnett, American Actress

Help, Kindness, Strangers

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"It's sort of well-known that anytime any catastrophe happens anywhere in the world, they can count on the United States for help."

"It's sort of well-known that anytime any catastrophe happens anywhere in the world, they can count on the United States for help."

Morgan Freeman, American Actor

Help, states, United, World

30

"I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport."

"I always wanted to help make tennis a team sport."

Billie Jean King, American Athlete

30

"I don't know whether a poem has be there to help to develop something. I think it's there for itself, for what the reader finds in it."

"I don't know whether a poem has be there to help to develop something. I think it's there for itself, for what the reader finds in it."

Marilyn Hacker, American Poet

29

"I couldn't help but be impressed by the magnitude of the earthquake."

"I couldn't help but be impressed by the magnitude of the earthquake."

Dan Quayle, American Vice President

28

"I believe the record I was allowed to help establish by the side of the president was important."

"I believe the record I was allowed to help establish by the side of the president was important."

Rahm Emanuel, American Politician

Help, President

28

"Three of us will help the other two get suited up, get them in the hatch, and get them out the door."

"Three of us will help the other two get suited up, get them in the hatch, and get them out the door."

Mark Kelly, American Musician

28

"Small projects need much more help than great."

"Small projects need much more help than great."

Dante Alighieri, Italian Poet

28

"Even if what you're working on doesn't go anywhere, it will help you with the next thing you're doing. Make yourself available for something to happen. Give it a shot."

"Even if what you're working on doesn't go anywhere, it will help you with the next thing you're doing. Make yourself available for something to happen. Give it a shot."

Cormac McCarthy, American Writer

28

"Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate."

"Myself acquainted with misfortune, I learn to help the unfortunate."

Virgil, Roman Poet

Help, Misfortune

27

"Give your teachers the respect they deserve, because they are the ones who can help you get where you need to go."

"Give your teachers the respect they deserve, because they are the ones who can help you get where you need to go."

Richard Howard, American Poet

Help, Respect, Teachers

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"Staying out of the penalty box will really help."

"Staying out of the penalty box will really help."

Bobby Orr, Canadian Athlete

26

"When the systems we expect to help us actually hurt us, we have tragedy."

"When the systems we expect to help us actually hurt us, we have tragedy."

Carter Burwell, American Composer

Help, Hurt, Tragedy

25

"We've accumulated a lot of things over the years and many things from our grandmother. Hopefully it'll be all right. I really don't want to cry, but I can't help it."

"We've accumulated a lot of things over the years and many things from our grandmother. Hopefully it'll be all right. I really don't want to cry, but I can't help it."

Dorothy Fields, American Musician

Help, Right, Want, Years

25

"As soon as I began, it seemed impossible to write fast enough - I wrote faster than I would write a letter - two thousand to three thousand words in a morning, and I cannot help it."

"As soon as I began, it seemed impossible to write fast enough - I wrote faster than I would write a letter - two thousand to three thousand words in a morning, and I cannot help it."

Helen Hunt Jackson, American Writer

25

"Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions."

"Key metaphors help determine what and how we perceive and how we think about our perceptions."

M. H. Abrams, American Critic

Help, Key, Metaphors, Perceptions

25

"I cannot help it - in spite of myself, infinity torments me."

"I cannot help it - in spite of myself, infinity torments me."

Alfred de Musset, French Writer

25

"Laughter can help relieve tension in even the heaviest of matters."

"Laughter can help relieve tension in even the heaviest of matters."

Allen Klein, American Businessman

Help, Laughter, Tension

25

"If you have to make mistakes, make them good and big, don't be middling if you can help it."

"If you have to make mistakes, make them good and big, don't be middling if you can help it."

Hildegard Knef, German Actress

24

"The more you know about a species, the more you understand about how better to help protect them."

"The more you know about a species, the more you understand about how better to help protect them."

Alan Clark, English Politician

24

"This will help us next year with the World Cup. I can imagine a lot of visitors from abroad will be here and asking what happened between 1933 and 1945. A lot of that will come up. I think this will make an important contribution to those discussions."

"This will help us next year with the World Cup. I can imagine a lot of visitors from abroad will be here and asking what happened between 1933 and 1945. A lot of that will come up. I think this will make an important contribution to those discussions."

Otto Schily, German Public Servant

Help, Will, World

24

"I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers."

"I often wonder whether Negroes like myself who are pretty well known help out at all in breaking down barriers."

Nat King Cole, American Musician

Help, Pretty, Wonder

24

"Every rustic who delivers in the village alehouse his slow, infrequent sentences, may help to kill or keep alive the fatal superstitions which clog his race."

"Every rustic who delivers in the village alehouse his slow, infrequent sentences, may help to kill or keep alive the fatal superstitions which clog his race."

William Kingdon Clifford, English Mathematician

Help, May, Race

24

"A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol."

"A champion owes everybody something. He can never pay back for all the help he got, for making him an idol."

Jack Dempsey, American Athlete

24

"It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help."

"It's far more impressive when others discover your good qualities without your help."

Judith Martin, American Author

24

"There really is a camaraderie among chefs and a willingness to help out whenever we can."

"There really is a camaraderie among chefs and a willingness to help out whenever we can."

Rocco DiSpirito, American Celebrity

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