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This nation was built by men who took risks — pioneers who were not afraid of the wilderness, business men who were not afraid of failure, scientists who were not afraid of the truth, thinkers who were not afraid of progress, dreamers who were not afraid of action. – Brooks Atkinson

The more chance there is of stubbing your toe, the more chance you have of stepping into success. – Author Unknown

The healthy being craves an occasional wildness, a jolt from normality, a sharpening of the edge of appetite, his own little festival of the Saturnalia, a brief excursion from his way of life. – Robert MacIver

Of all the people I have ever known, those who have pursued their dreams and failed have lived a much more fulfilling life than those who have put their dreams on a shelf for fear of failure. – Author Unknown

Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must be first overcome. – Samuel Johnson, Rasselas, 1759

It’s a shallow life that doesn’t give a person a few scars. – Garrison Keillor

Why live on the edge when you can jump off it? – Sign at Macau Tower Bungy Jump

Adventure is what happens when you just did something stupid. – Professor Bernie

For — believe me — the secret for harvesting from existence the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment is — to live dangerously! Build your cities on the slopes of Vesuvius! Send your ships into unchartered seas! – Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900), The Gay Science, “Book Four: St Januarius

It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult. – Seneca

What great thing would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? – Robert H. Schuller

While forbidden fruit is said to taste sweeter, it usually spoils faster. – Abigail van Buren

I hugged safety close to my chest and kissed risk full on the lips. – Betsy Cañas Garmon, www.wildthymecreative.com

The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. – Lord Chesterfield

A moderate adventure is no adventure. – Terri Guillemets, “Living in the sky,” 2012

At some point you must decide if you want to succeed or just be someone who was never to blame for anything going wrong. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember, amateurs built the ark; professionals built the Titanic. – Author Unknown

Adventure may hurt but monotony will kill you. – Author Unknown

Without adventure civilization is in full decay. – Alfred North Whitehead

If one is forever cautious, can one remain a human being? – Aleksander Solzhenitsyn