There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb himself
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A selected quote by Andrew Carnegie.
There is no use whatever trying to help people who do not help themselves. You cannot push anyone up a ladder unless he be willing to climb himself
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