My best life lessons and education didn’t come from a classroom – they’ve come from the wild. How you act in the big moments, the ones that challenge you, scare you, tempt you, and force you to make the right decisions, is what defines you.
BEAR GRYLLSMany great people over the centuries have depended on their faith- it is a sign of great strength to need Jesus in your life.
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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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The lesson is, the rewards in life don’t always go to the biggest, or the bravest, or the smartest. The rewards go to the dogged; and when your going though hell, to the person who just keeps going.
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I’ve never really had a TV career. I’ve been a soldier and a climber.
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To get ready to climb Everest, I did a lot of hill running with a daypack on and a lot of underwater swimming. I would swim a couple of lengths underwater and then a couple above. It gets your body going with limited oxygen.
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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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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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Our dreams are just wishes, if we never follow them through with action. And in life, you have got to be able to light your own fire.
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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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As a society, we’ve become terrified of failure, but you can’t grow without risking it.
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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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What Scouting says to people is: Every child has a right to have an adventure. Life is about grabbing opportunities
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Life doesn’t reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit.
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Survival can be summed up in three words – never give up. That’s the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
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I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.
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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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