My faith isn’t very churchy, it’s a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.
BEAR GRYLLSUnless 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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Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
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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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Once a job it has begun, do not stop until it’s done. Whether it is big or small, do it well or not all.
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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.
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I had many opportunities to get behind products in the past, and I was always careful to evaluate all of them. I will not put my name to shoddy items.
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My favorite moments? Where it’s all going swimmingly, the sun’s out and I’ve got a fire going and a nice snake on the barbecue.
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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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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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As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
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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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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.
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Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.
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I didn’t want to do eight seasons of How To Build A Fire. The intention was to make something fun and dynamic and about self rescue, not about whittling.
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The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself.
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Faith is personal if it’s to be real.
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Adventure should be 80 percent ‘I think this is manageable,’ but it’s good to have that last 20 percent where you’re right outside your comfort zone. Still safe, but outside your comfort zone.
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The hardest thing about my job isn’t the snake bites or the crocodiles, it’s being away from my children. I have a really religious satellite phone call every day back to the boys, wherever we are, whatever time zone, to say goodnight.
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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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Success almost always follows great attitude. The two attract each other!
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Change the way you use your time, and you change your life.
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Is your ego small enough, and your backbone strong enough, to raise others up high on your shoulders?
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I learnt another valuable lesson that night: listen to the quiet voice inside. Intuition is the noise of the mind.
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The rewards of the wild and the rewards of the survivor go to those who can dig deep, and, ultimately, to the guy who can stay alive.
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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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When I’m filming, survival requires movement. You need your energy, and you’ve got to eat the bad stuff, and survival food is rarely pretty, but you kind of do it. I get in that zone, and I eat the nasty stuff, but I’m not like that when I’m back home.
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