What is life without a little risk? — J. K. Rowling
What is life without a little risk?
Author: J. K. Rowling
Insight: Playing it completely safe is actually riskier—you end up looking back with regrets instead of stories. The people who seem most alive aren't fearless; they just decided boring failure beats never trying. Your biggest risk? Staying small.
Source: 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix', p. 174