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.
BEAR GRYLLSI’ve fallen down crevasses, been bitten by snakes, been knocked unconscious, had various limbs broken and once, a heavy camera came plunging down which very nearly decapitated me.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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Faith is personal if it’s to be real.
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People ask me, “How do I succeed?” Whatever it is they do, I say, “Go and find 20 ways of messing it up. By 21, you’ll be getting there.” Life is an adventure, go back with cuts, scars and bruises.
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I’ve never really had a TV career. I’ve been a soldier and a climber.
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The appeal of the wild for me is its unpredictability. You have to develop an awareness, react fast, be resourceful and come up with a plan and act on it.
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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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It’s unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.
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How you speak about others speaks loudest about yourself.
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The rules of survival never change, whether you’re in a desert or in an arena.
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Juice Plus+ is great stuff that I have used through all of my expeditions. What I like about it is that the research behind it is so strong.
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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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All my life the only thing I’ve been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.
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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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Yes, the Boy Scouts of America should definitely allow gay adult leaders and I think it’s really going to hold them back if they don’t.
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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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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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