Our fate is determined by how far we are prepared to push ourselves to stay alive – the decisions we make to survive. We must do whatever it takes to endure and make it through alive.
BEAR GRYLLSNever depend on those luck moments – they are gifts – but instead always build your own back-up plan.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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It breaks my heart that my father never knew my children. He should have been around for another 25 years.
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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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Dreams, though, are cheap, and the real task comes when you start putting in place the steps needed to make those dreams a reality.
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Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
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I grew up on survival shows and they were always just so…anoraky.
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I’m terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.
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I’m probably going to be the scruffiest Chief Scout you’ve ever had and my health and safety policy is non-existent.
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You can’t live someone else’s expectations in life. It’s a recipe for disaster.
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If you risk nothing you gain nothing
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Unless you have shelter, fire is going to be very hard and if you have fire, but no water, you’re going to die. They’re all super important.
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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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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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I love making healthy lean foods delicious – that’s an art!
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I always had a really natural faith as a kid. Where I knew God existed and it felt very free and pretty wild and natural, and it wasn’t religious.
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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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You can’t become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times. There’s life in a nutshell.
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It is only when You really STEP OUT of Your comfort zone that You GROW.
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I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk – not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.
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It is 100% natural, is whole food based, and I love the fact that it provides raw, anti-oxidant fruit and veg in a capsule form. For me it fulfills a key part of my nutrition, training and recovery needs.
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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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One killer exercise that’s really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. That’s my favourite. It’s such functional core strength, and that’s why I can climb up trees and down vines.
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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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A wise man knows; learn from others, never get complacent and know where the classic old dangers come from.
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Life has taught me to be very cautious of a man with a dream, especially a man who has teetered on the edge of life. It gives a fire and recklessness inside that is hard to quantify.
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Time and experience have taught me that fame and money very rarely go to the worthy, by the way – hence we shouldn’t ever be too impressed by either of those impostors. Value folk for who they are, how they live and what they give – that’s a much better benchmark.
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Alpha was the best thing I ever did. It helped answer some huge questions and to find a simple empowering faith in my life.
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