And if you give your heart to a goal, it will repay you. It’s the law of the universe.
BEAR GRYLLSTextbook survival tells you to stay put. Stop. Wait for rescue. Don’t take any risks. But there’d been a whole host of survival shows like that and I didn’t really want to do that.
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To me, adventure has always been to me the connections and bounds you create with people when you’re there. And you can have that anywhere.
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I miss him still today: his long, whiskery eyebrows, his huge hands and hugs, his warmth, his prayers, his stories, but above all his shining example of how to live and how to die.
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Don’t be scared to dream big, and don’t be afraid to be close to people. And never give up! It’s the tenacious not the talented that win.
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Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.
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Life’s full of lots of dream-stealers always telling you you need to do something more sensible. I think it doesn’t matter what your dream is, just fight the dream-stealers and hold onto it.
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I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember coming off Everest for the last time, thinking of Dad and wishing that he could have seen what I saw. He would have loved it.
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I was christened Edward. My sister gave me the name Bear when I was a week old and it has stuck.
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Christianity is not about religion. It’s about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It’s about finding joy and finding home.
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Make a little time to be quiet by yourself every day and just be.
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I’ve fallen down crevasses, been bitten by snakes, been knocked unconscious, had various limbs broken and once, a heavy camera came plunging down which very nearly decapitated me.
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Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.
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The SAS Reserve tends to be made up of former paratroopers and commandos who still want a challenge, but it is open to civilians.
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Yes, the Boy Scouts of America should definitely allow gay adult leaders and I think it’s really going to hold them back if they don’t.
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I have held healthy respects of bears along with assorted crocodiles, snakes and lots of other animals. You know, bears are dangerous, you have to be super careful.
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Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
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A wise man knows; learn from others, never get complacent and know where the classic old dangers come from.
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Live a wild, generous full, exciting life – blessing those around you and seeing the good in all.
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You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
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It’s unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.
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Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
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Are you the sort of person who can turn around when you have nothing left, and find that little bit extra inside you to keep going, or do you sag and wilt with exhaustion? It is a mental game, and it is hard to tell how people will react until they are squeezed.
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Life is an adventure that is best lived boldly
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When I’m in ‘Man vs. Wild’ mode, it’s not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I’m on reserve power all the time and I’m digging deep – and that’s the magic of it as well, and that’s raw and it’s great.
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I try and eat really healthy when I’m home, but I certainly don’t eat worms and snakes.
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The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.
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I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.
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