Life is about taking chances...

When in doubt, make a fool of yourself.  There is a microscopically thin line between being brilliantly creative and acting like the most gigantic idiot on earth.  So what the hell, leap.  ~Cynthia Heimel, "Lower Manhattan Survival Tactics"

I dip my pen in the blackest ink, because I'm not afraid of falling into my inkpot.  ~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Progress always involves risks.  You can't steal second base and keep your foot on first.  ~Frederick B. Wilcox

Why not go out on a limb?  Isn't that where the fruit is?  ~Frank Scully

Yes, risk taking is inherently failure-prone.  Otherwise, it would be called sure-thing-taking.  ~Tim McMahon

To eat an egg, you must break the shell.  ~Jamaican Proverb

To win you have to risk loss.  ~Jean-Claude Killy

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided.  It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.  ~Napoleon Bonaparte

If you're never scared or embarrassed or hurt, it means you never take any chances.  ~Julia Sorel (Rosalyn Drexler), See How She Runs, 1978

Take risks:  if you win, you will be happy; if you lose, you will be wise.  ~Author Unknown

Prudence keeps life safe, but does not often make it happy.  ~Samuel Johnson