Rollo May Quotes About Commitment

Quotes about: Commitment

• The acorn becomes an oak by means of automatic growth; no commitment is necessary. The kitten similarly becomes a cat on the basis of instinct. Nature and being are identical in creatures like them. But a man or woman becomes fully human only by his or her choices and his or her commitment to them. People attain worth and dignity by the multitude of decisions they make from day by day. These decisions require courage.

  Rollo May

  Courage, Mean, Cat

  Rollo May (1994). “The Courage to Create”, p.14, W. W. Norton & Company

• We must always base our commitment in the center of our own being, or else no commitment will be ultimately authentic.

  Rollo May

  Inspirational, Commitment, Enviromental

  Rollo May (1994). “The Courage to Create”, p.13, W. W. Norton & Company

• The relationship between commitment and doubt is by no means an antagonistic one. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt but in spite of doubt.

  Rollo May

  Relationship, Peace, Mean

  Rollo May (1994). “The Courage to Create”, p.21, W. W. Norton & Company

• Creativity is the process of bringing something new into being. Creativity requires passion and commitment. It brings to our awareness what was previously hidden and points to new life. The experience is one of heightened consciousness: ecstasy.

  Rollo May

  Passion, Creativity, Commitment

• We cannot will to have insights. We cannot will to have creativity, but we can will to give ourselves to the creative experience with intensity of dedication and commitment.

  Rollo May

  Commitment, Creativity, Dedication

• We must be fully committed, but we must also be aware at the same time that we might possibly be wrong. People who claim to be absolutely convinced that their stand is the only right one...is a dead giveaway of unconscious doubt. Commitment is healthiest when it is not without doubt, but in spite of doubt.

  Rollo May

  Inspirational, Commitment, People

• One longs for the presence of a leader like Lincoln, who openly admitted his doubts and as openly preserved his commitment.

  Rollo May

  Leadership, Commitment, Leader

  Rollo May (1994). “The Courage to Create”, p.20, W. W. Norton & Company

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