Security is when everything is settled. When nothing can happen to you. Security is the denial of life.

-Germaine Greer

Progress always involves risk you can't steal second base and keep your foot on first base.

-Frederick Wilcox

Forget about the consequences of failure. Failure is only a temporary change in direction to set you straight for your next success.

-Denis Watley

He that loveth a book will never want a faithful friend, a wholesome counsellor, a cheerful companion, an effectual comforter.

-Dr. Isaac Barrow

He has not learned the lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.

-Gaius Julius Caesar

A country can be judged by the quality of its proverbs.

-German proverb