“His intelligent physiognomy breathed forth energy. It was not that of an audacious person, it was that of a darer. These three words from an unfinished verse of Virgil are often cited:
“Audaces fortuna juvat”….
but they are quoted incorrectly. The poet said:
“Audentes fortuna juvat”….
It is on the darers, not on the audacious, that Fortune almost always smiled. The audacious may be unguarded. The darer thinks first, acts afterwards. There is the difference!”
~Jules Verne. Dick Sand. A Captain at Fifteen~

Exactly! It is so meaningful and so important to adapt it for ourselves.
Sometimes we might be jealous of audacious people for their willingness to take surprisingly bold risks. However, it is not a precious personal quality not to have fear at all, as you can put yourself and others in danger. The fear is meant to keep us safe. It’s purpose is to protect us. And we have to learn to control and balance it. That’s true; we might fall into it and stay in our comfort zone, even if that is not comfortable anymore. However, dareness is the quality when we are conscious of the risk we are willing to take. We understand our strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats, and from the point of view of the bigger picture, we are enabling ourselves to act. That is the quality that Jules Verne is talking about, saying that fortune is smiling for those people in the long run.
The author beautifully joins the orphan boy’s limited theory knowledge and practical inexperience with the motivation, love, and responsibility of the people he is in charge with to describe the darer’s picture and show us the real courage to act.