expression, godan verb (-ku)
Heaven helps those who help themselves.
A proverb encouraging self-reliance; the classical Japanese phrasing uses the archaic verb form 助く (modern 助ける).
「天は自ら助くる者を助く」ということわざがある。
There is a proverb: 'Heaven helps those who help themselves.'
He never spares effort, because he believes that heaven helps those who help themselves.