A poster above the urinal at Black Forest Soaring Society was this poster: http://www.check-six.com/lib/Poster_Crash.htm

"Aviation in itself is not inherently dangerous. But to an even greater degree than the sea, it is terribly unforgiving of any carelessness, incapacity or neglect."

Keep this in mind and take baby steps to expand your boundaries and you can become an old and (to the uninitiated) bold pilot.

-Tom