Is your ego small enough, and your backbone strong enough, to raise others up high on your shoulders?
BEAR GRYLLSNobody wants to end up super rich and famous – but divorced. I’m always clear on that and try to stay on the right side of the line.
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My faith isn’t very churchy, it’s a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.
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Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It’s about doing whatever it takes – and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.
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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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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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I’ve never really had a TV career. I’ve been a soldier and a climber.
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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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The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra.
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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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Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
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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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Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.
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The hardest thing about my job isn’t the snake bites or the crocodiles, it’s being away from my children. I have a really religious satellite phone call every day back to the boys, wherever we are, whatever time zone, to say goodnight.
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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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Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
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Dreams, though, are cheap, and the real task comes when you start putting in place the steps needed to make those dreams a reality.
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