Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one’s courage.
– Anaïs Nin （essayist)

人生は、勇気に比例して縮んだり広がったりする。
– アナイス・ニン（エッセイスト）

In other words, your perception shapes your reality. When you are courageous, you can do anything with your life. When you lack courage, you feel like you can do nothing, so you do nothing.

A similar phrase is “Life is what you make of it, nothing more, nothing less.”

Wrods & Phrases
*in proportion to ～に比例して
*perception n.認識
*shape v.形作る
*courageous adj.勇気のある