"If you never let yourself bend, one day, you'll surely break." It is not a condemnation. Ravus is merely speaking from experience.

They draw closer to the house, the sun just beginning to set in the sky. "Though I suppose you needn't worry. You are right. Should anything happen," -whether it be injury or breakdown- "your friends will support you."

Ravus included. He's stubborn enough to match the rest of them.