To laugh is to risk appearing a fool.
To weep is too risk appearing sentimental.
To reach out is to risk involvement.
To expose feelings is to risk rejection.
To place your dreams before the crowd is to risk ridicule.
To love is to risk not being loved in return.
To go forward in the face of overwhelming odds is to risk failure.

But risks must be taken because the greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing. The person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing, is nothing. He may avoid suffering and sorrow, but he cannot learn, feel, change, grow or love. Chained by his certitudes he is a slave. He has forfeited his freedom. Only a person who takes risks, is truly free.

More of a poem than a quote. Dont know who its by, but it always reminds me in life you can never stand still.

+ 'i used to write about the things that were true to me. The songs are about shagging, drinking and taking drugs' - noel gallagher