The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing

It's not until you have the courage to step off 

the ledge that you'll realize

you've had wings all along,.

                                                              --- Gail Lynne Godwin

take chances

"If you are never scared, embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take chances."
-- Julia Soul

security

Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is a daring adventure or nothing at all.

Helen Keller

honesty

"Our lives improve only when we take chances ... and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves."

-- Walter Anderson