Sometimes an ember is all we need.
BEAR GRYLLSDreams, though, are cheap, and the real task comes when you start putting in place the steps needed to make those dreams a reality.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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My Christian faith is my backbone
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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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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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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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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’ve eaten sheep’s eyes, the still hot meat from a zebra killed by a lion, and maggots which give you 70 calories to the ounce.
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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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Well, wolves will pretty rarely hunt. You’re vulnerable if you’re on your own or injured. But for lone wolves, get up high, show them that you’re not injured, face ’em off, be authoritarian with it, and look ’em in the eye.
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Survival is not about being fearless. It’s about making a decision, getting on and doing it, because I want to see my kids again, or whatever the reason might be.
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And if you give your heart to a goal, it will repay you. It’s the law of the universe.
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One thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.
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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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Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
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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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The greatest journeys all start with a single step.
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