Your help would be called for endlessly. Even for those tasks which human beings could solve themselves. It is their habit to abuse their resources in such a way.
13 seconds sound clip from the Superman (1978) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 01:38:32 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- You couldn't have. You couldn't have imagined...
- You are revealed to the world. Very well. So be it. But you still must keep your secret identity.
- Why?
- First, you cannot serve humanity 28 hours a day.
- 24.
- Or 24 as it is in Earth time.
- Second, your enemies will discover their only way to hurt you: By hurting the people you care for.
- Our destruction could have been avoided but for the vanity of some who consider us indestructible.
- Were it not for vanity, why at this very moment I could embrace you in my arms... my son.
[...]