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The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I’d love to do.

Bear Grylls

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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Bears Names Week
The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra. And for me, I had always grown up with the belief that if someone succeeds it is because they are brilliant or talented or just better than me…
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Differences Give Up Ordinary
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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Fall Get Numbers Up
I love Ray Mears. He’s brilliant. He’s so rude about me in the press, it’s outrageous!
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Brilliant Rays Rude
Scouts should be progressive and should be adapting. If you’re gay or not it’s irrelevant, Scouting values respect.
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Gay Progressive Should
As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
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Boys Life Modern Young
Without risk, there can be no growth.
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Growth Happen Risk
I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.
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Emotion Fearless Stay Strong
The only difference between ‘try’ and ‘triumph’ is varying degrees of ‘umph’
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Differences Triumph Trying
Our achievements are generally limited only by the beliefs we impose on ourselves.
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Achievement Belief Ourselves
I look back and understand the world a bit better and know how competitive it is .
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Know Looks World
It’s unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.
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Conflict Jobs Lovely
All worthwhile journeys have big obstacles. It’s the way of the world. The rewards go to those who can push through those trying moments and still manage to keep a smile on their face.
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Determination Journey Motivational
Above all, I feel a quiet pride that for the rest of my days I can look at myself in the mirror and know that once upon a time I was good enough. Good enough to call myself a member of the SAS. Some things don’t have a price tag.
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Mirrors Price Pride Tag
You can’t live someone else’s expectations in life. It’s a recipe for disaster.
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Disaster Expectations Recipes
Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.
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Absence Brave Way

The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I’d love to do.

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