You can’t become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times. There’s life in a nutshell.
BEAR GRYLLSAbove 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.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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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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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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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.
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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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Life’s full of lots of dream-stealers always telling you you need to do something more sensible. I think it doesn’t matter what your dream is, just fight the dream-stealers and hold onto it.
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The rules of survival never change, whether you’re in a desert or in an arena.
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Sometimes an ember is all we need.
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I started to get so many letters from unlikely people; a single mum going, “I watch your show, I’m not into survival, but I hold down four jobs and I get it when you say it’s about persistence and putting a positive attitude into things during difficult times.”
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The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I’d love to do.
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Always keep the big picture in mind- you are greatly loved by Jesus and your job is to love Him and others in return. The rest is detail.
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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 always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.
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I learnt another valuable lesson that night: listen to the quiet voice inside. Intuition is the noise of the mind.
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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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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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