Hugh Walpole Monotony is the awful reward of the careful. The way to be safe is never to be secure. Benjamin Franklin Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of people as a whole experience it. . . . Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. . . .
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing.
A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for. John Shedd Smooth seas do not make skillful sailors.