“It is the writer's privilege to help man endure by lifting his heart.”

“It’s all right to tell a man to lift himself by his own bootstraps, but it is cruel jest to say to a bootless man that he ought to lift himself by his own bootstraps.”

Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929–1968) American clergyman, activist, and leader in the American Civil Rights Movement

“It is the very joy of man's heart to admire, where he can; nothing so lifts him from all his mean imprisonments, were it but for moments, as true admiration.”

Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher

“Who has not sat before his own heart's curtain? It lifts: and the scenery is falling apart.”

Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) Austrian poet and writer

“A man who lifts his chin in pride will fail to see the chasm at his feet.”

Alison Goodman (1966) Australian science-fiction writer

“A man can only rise, conquer, and achieve by lifting up his thoughts.”

James Allen (1864–1912) British philosophical writer

“I discovered that rejections are not altogether a bad thing. They teach a writer to rely on his own judgment and to say in his heart of hearts, "To hell with you."”

Saul Bellow (1915–2005) Canadian-born American writer

“The future of poetry should be, must be, in the hearts of children, lifting them above mean desires and helping them to believe, with Socrates, that they who have the fewest wants are nearest to the gods.”

Florence Earle Coates (1850–1927) American writer and poet

“Man's most sacred privilege is freedom of will, the ability to obey or disobey his Maker.”

Joseph H. Hertz (1872–1946) British rabbi

“To be ignorant is not the special prerogative of man; to know that he is ignorant is his special privilege.”

Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888–1975) Indian philosopher and statesman who was the first Vice President and the second President of India