As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy – nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.
BEAR GRYLLSI’m probably going to be the scruffiest Chief Scout you’ve ever had and my health and safety policy is non-existent.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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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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I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.
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Our achievements are generally limited only by the beliefs we impose on ourselves.
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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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To get ready to climb Everest, I did a lot of hill running with a daypack on and a lot of underwater swimming. I would swim a couple of lengths underwater and then a couple above. It gets your body going with limited oxygen.
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My best life lessons and education didn’t come from a classroom – they’ve come from the wild. How you act in the big moments, the ones that challenge you, scare you, tempt you, and force you to make the right decisions, is what defines you.
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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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Live a wild, generous full, exciting life – blessing those around you and seeing the good in all.
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Life has taught me to be very cautious of a man with a dream, especially a man who has teetered on the edge of life. It gives a fire and recklessness inside that is hard to quantify.
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Once a job it has begun, do not stop until it’s done. Whether it is big or small, do it well or not all.
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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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When you find yourself thinking about someone or something in the same old negative way, just stop yourself. Think. Check. Change. Refresh. Job done. Smile. Move on. Do this enough times and you will change. For the better; for the stronger.
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Americans are cool, if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. They’ll pat you on the arm and say, ‘Hey kid, you’re all right’. Brits will respond but they are much more cynical.
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Are you the sort of person who can turn around when you have nothing left, and find that little bit extra inside you to keep going, or do you sag and wilt with exhaustion? It is a mental game, and it is hard to tell how people will react until they are squeezed.
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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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