“Faith is personal if it’s to be real.”

I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.

Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.

What Scouting says to people is: Every child has a right to have an adventure. Life is about grabbing opportunities

Accidents on big mountains happen when people’s ambitions cloud their good judgment. Good climbing is about climbing with heart and with instinct, not ambition and pride.

But the wild is unpredictable, stuff does happen, and it’s always when you’re least expecting it.

I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.

I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.

Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.

The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra.

I love home cooking, and I’m not a great one for fast food.

I love Ray Mears. He’s brilliant. He’s so rude about me in the press, it’s outrageous!

As a society, we’ve become terrified of failure, but you can’t grow without risking it.

And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you’d ever come across.

Life is an adventure that is best lived boldly

You don’t need to go to the ends of the earth, you don’t need to climb Everest to have a great adventure, it’s invariably on our doorstep.

I think it’s fun running with dogs. They’re always so fit and fast.

A player dreams of being a superstar, but he doesn’t want people flocking all over him asking for an autograph.

It has not yet been recorded that any human being has gained a very large or permanent contentment from meditation upon the fact that he is better off than others.

Being an outsider makes you a really good writer.

Part of your mission in life then must be to share your gifts with as many people as possible. That means being willing to play big.

Mr. Bennett, for just giving me this opportunity. I thank you for always being there for me when I need you.

That’s one of the great things about being an actor. You get to learn all these things normal people don’t get to learn.

I grew up being an artist, but also rock-climbing and traveling the world and teaching my kids.

I think there’s a danger in politics of being too risk-averse.