You can’t live someone else’s expectations in life. It’s a recipe for disaster.
BEAR GRYLLSMy 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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As a society, we’ve become terrified of failure, but you can’t grow without risking it.
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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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Juice Plus+ is great stuff that I have used through all of my expeditions. What I like about it is that the research behind it is so strong.
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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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Our achievements are generally limited only by the beliefs we impose on ourselves.
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If you risk nothing you gain nothing
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The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.
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When I’m in ‘Man vs. Wild’ mode, it’s not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I’m on reserve power all the time and I’m digging deep – and that’s the magic of it as well, and that’s raw and it’s great.
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I do see a lot of the hard end of ecology, and my feeling is that we live on a super-exciting planet but a super-fragile one.
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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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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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But the wild is unpredictable, stuff does happen, and it’s always when you’re least expecting 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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I said no to the Born Survivor producer three times because I’ve never aspired to be a TV man.
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Many 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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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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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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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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My work is all about adventure and teamwork in some of the most inhospitable jungles, mountains and deserts on the planet. If you aren’t able to look after yourself and each other, then people die.
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Textbook survival says stay still, don’t take any chances, wait for rescue. That’s a boring TV show. My thing was always, “Listen, shoelace, dead squirrel and no other way down this rock face. You can do this!”
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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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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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Nothing inspires people more than reckless acts of courage.
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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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People ask me, “How do I succeed?” Whatever it is they do, I say, “Go and find 20 ways of messing it up. By 21, you’ll be getting there.” Life is an adventure, go back with cuts, scars and bruises.
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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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