'Love without courage and wisdom is sentimentality, as with the ordinary church member. Courage without love and wisdom is foolhardiness, as with the ordinary soldier. Wisdom without love and courage is cowardice, as with the ordinary intellectual. Therefore one with love, courage, and wisdom is one in a million who moves the world, as with Jesus, Buddha, and Gandhi.'
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- True world-changing leadership requires the balance of love, courage, and wisdom, whereas lacking any one leads to flaws like sentimentality or cowardice.
- In plain terms
- You need love, courage, and wisdom together to make a real difference.
- What can you take from it?
- Cultivate all three virtues to avoid the pitfalls of incomplete character.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- Which virtue do you lack most?
- How can you balance courage with love?
Another view
Rare individuals may struggle to embody all three perfectly at all times.
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