Love is generally confused with dependence; but in point of fact, you can love only in proportion to your capacity for independence.
Rollo MayRead
Courage is required not only in a person's occasional crucial decision for his own freedom, but in the little hour-to-hour decisions which place the bricks in the structure of his building of himself into a person who acts with freedom and responsibility.
Interpretation
What this quote means
Courage involves making both significant and small decisions that shape a person's character and freedom.
This quote by Rollo May emphasizes that courage is not just about the monumental choices we face in life, but also about the everyday decisions we make that contribute to our personal development. Each small act of bravery contributes to constructing our identity and enables us to live freely and responsibly.
Themes
CourageFreedomResponsibilityDecisionsIdentity
In practice
Example use cases
During a motivational talk about personal development.
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