I seem to recall a quote by Aeschylus along the lines of: "The
richness in life is in the risks". Whether Aeschylus or someone else
said this, I would like to know the source.

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Request for Question Clarification by livioflores-ga on 02 Feb 2004 07:30 PST

Herodotus says that "Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks".
May be this is the quote that you want.

livioflores-ga

Vergil says that "Audentis Fortuna iuvat," Fortune favors the bold.

hlabadie-ga

"Our lives improve only when we take chances."
-Walter Truett Anderson

"To avoid risk is to avoid the richness of life itself."
- Ralph Marston

Just in case this isn't what you were looking for, here are some similar quotes: 

"When a man's willing and eager, the gods join in." 
- Aeschylus 

"To try is to risk failure, but risk must be taken, because the
greatest hazard in life is to risk nothing."
- Leo Buscaglia

"If you don't risk anything, you risk even more."
- Erica Jong

"And the day came when the risk it took
to remain tight inside the bud was
more painful than the risk
it took to blossom."
- Anais Nin