Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.
BEAR GRYLLSThere’s no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It’s all about heart.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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I’ve never really had a TV career. I’ve been a soldier and a climber.
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I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember coming off Everest for the last time, thinking of Dad and wishing that he could have seen what I saw. He would have loved it.
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Life doesn’t reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit.
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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.
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Textbook survival says stay still, don’t take any chances, wait for rescue. That’s a boring TV show. My thing was always, “Listen, shoelace, dead squirrel and no other way down this rock face. You can do this!”
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When I take kids into the woods, I tell them, “What we’re going to do today is going to be incredibly dangerous.” And you just see 20 smiles go up.
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The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself.
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Success almost always follows great attitude. The two attract each other!
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Faith is personal if it’s to be real.
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Textbook survival tells you to stay put. Stop. Wait for rescue. Don’t take any risks. But there’d been a whole host of survival shows like that and I didn’t really want to do that.
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All my life the only thing I’ve been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.
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Why is it that the finish line always tends to appear just after the point at which we most want to give up? is it the universe’s way of reserving the best for those who can give the most? What I do know, from nature, is that the dawn only appears after the darkest hour.
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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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Survival can be summed up in three words – never give up. That’s the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
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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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