„Boy Scout is not merely to give you fun and adventure but that, like the backwoodsmen, explorers, and frontiersmen whom you are following, you will be fitting yourself to help your country and to be of service to other people who may be in need of help. That is what the best men are out to do.“

„If you rob someone who would help you if you needed help you only rob yourself. […] Do you imagine you can be cruel without teaching others to be cruel to you?“

—  Gene Wolfe American science fiction and fantasy writer 1931 - 2019

Volume 3, Ch. 17
Fiction, The Book of the Short Sun (1999–2001)

„People really need help but may attack you if you help them. Help people anyway!“

—  Matka Tereza Roman Catholic saint of Albanian origin 1910 - 1997

„Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, it's at the end of your arm, as you get older, remember you have another hand: The first is to help yourself, the second is to help others.“

—  Sam Levenson American journalist 1911 - 1980

„You say you need help. Help for what? You have everything needed for the extravagant journey that is your life.“

—  Carlos Castaneda, livro Journey to Ixtlan

Variante: You have everything needed for the extravagant journey that is your life.
Fonte: Journey to Ixtlan

„My outlook is that life is like a self-service restaurant and you have to help yourself. Sometimes when you see what the other fella has got, you want some of it too.“

—  Max Bygraves Singer, comedian, actor 1922 - 2012

On being unfaithful to his wife; Daily Mail 24th May 2011

„You must not believe anyone in the search for truth; you have to find out for yourself. But although you are on your own, help will come when it is really needed.“

—  Barry Long Australian spiritual teacher and writer 1926 - 2003

Knowing Yourself: The True in the False (1996)

„When you want to help people, you tell them the truth. When you want to help yourself, you tell them what they want to hear.“

—  Thomas Sowell American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author 1930

1980s–1990s, Barbarians inside the Gates and Other Controversial Essays (1999)

„You must develop one all-important ability — being able to enlist the help of other people. You have to reach a state where others want to help you. This includes giving credit…which will come back to you a hundredfold. Your reputation stems from what people say when you’re not present.“

—  Cecil Howard Green American businessman 1900 - 2003

as quoted by Mike Carlowicz in WHOI Waypoints: Remembrance: Cecil Howard Green, Woods Hole Currents: Volume 10, Number 2, 2003 http://www.whoi.edu/page.do?pid=14940

„I would like people to recognize in looking at my story that the person who has the most to do with what happens to you is you. It's not the environment, it's not the other people who were there trying to help you or trying to stop you. It's what you decide to do and how much effort you put behind it.“

—  Ben Carson 17th and current United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development; American neurosurgeon 1951

"Interview: Dr. Benjamin Carson Talks Race, Politics and Life After Medicine" http://www.christianpost.com/news/interview-dr-benjamin-carson-talks-race-politics-and-life-after-medicine-91474/, The Christian Post (March 8, 2013)

„It's usually the selfish people who are loved the most. They do what you deny yourself, and you love them for it. You give them your heart.“

—  Saul Bellow Canadian-born American writer 1915 - 2005

„Peace can only come as people begin to meet each other. Those that do have the courage to cross the road, however, to look kindly at people and to listen to them with tenderness, will find people much like themselves, people seeking to be loved for who they are. And that it is OK for each one of us to admit, "I don't have all the truth…. I am vulnerable, I am broken. I need help." Then comes the realization, "I need your help. I need your friendship." In the end, what you will find, and what you will help the world to discover, Vanier said, is what it means to be human.“

—  Jean Vanier Canadian humanitarian 1928 - 2019

Google this: Jean Vanier and what it means to be human http://www.huffingtonpost.com/david-briggs/google-this-jean-vanier-a_b_7484702.html Huffington Post, 02/06/2015
From interviews and talks

„You want to know what I truly look like? I'll help you out. find yourself a mirror while I continue.“

—  Markus Zusak, livro The Book Thief

Fonte: The Book Thief

„Surround yourself with people who make you happy. People who make you laugh, who help you when you’re in need. People who genuinely care. They are the ones worth keeping in your life. Everyone else is just passing through“

—  Karl Marx German philosopher, economist, sociologist, journalist and revolutionary socialist 1818 - 1883

Attributed to Karl Marx, a composer with the same name.
Misattributed

„The golden opportunity you are seeking is in yourself. It is not in your environment, it is not in luck or chance, or the help of others; it is in yourself alone.“

—  Orison Swett Marden American writer 1850 - 1924

„What are friends for? They are the ultimate reflection of yourself. Always surround yourself with people who inspire you and return the favor by giving them the best of you.“

—  Jenny McCarthy American model, comedian, actress, author, activist, and game show host 1972

Fonte: Love, Lust & Faking It: The Naked Truth About Sex, Lies, and True Romance

„Experience is not what happens to you. It is what you do with what happens to you. Don’t waste your pain; use it to help others.“

—  Rick Warren Christian religious leader 1954

Fonte: The Purpose Driven Life: What on Earth Am I Here for?

„Why do you do these things to yourself? Not just what you did to the window, but the way you talked to Clary. What are you punishing yourself for? You can't help how you feel.“

—  Cassandra Clare, livro City of Glass

Fonte: City of Glass

„Once you follow your heart, the universe conspires to help you.“

—  Ralph Smart

„Men of all countries are brothers, and the different peoples should help one another to the best of their ability, like citizens of the same state.“

—  Maximilien Robespierre French revolutionary lawyer and politician 1758 - 1794

"Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, proposed by Maximilien Robespierre" (24 April, 1793)
Original: (fr) XXXV. Les hommes de tous les pays sont frères, et les différents peuples doivent s'entraider selon leur pouvoir comme les citoyens du même état.