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…
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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Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
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I had many opportunities to get behind products in the past, and I was always careful to evaluate all of them. I will not put my name to shoddy items.
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I love Ray Mears. He’s brilliant. He’s so rude about me in the press, it’s outrageous!
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I hang out all the time with kids and young scouts and I never meet kids who don’t want adventure.
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My faith is an important part of my life and over the years I’ve learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn’t need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times.
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I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.
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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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The greatest journeys all start with a single step.
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Is your ego small enough, and your backbone strong enough, to raise others up high on your shoulders?
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Don’t be scared to dream big, and don’t be afraid to be close to people. And never give up! It’s the tenacious not the talented that win.
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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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I think viewers quite like it when I’m suffering or eating or drinking something horrible or really up against it in some quicksand or whatever.
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Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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If you risk nothing you gain nothing
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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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