Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
BEAR GRYLLSTo me, adventure has always been to me the connections and bounds you create with people when you’re there. And you can have that anywhere.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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My favorite moments? Where it’s all going swimmingly, the sun’s out and I’ve got a fire going and a nice snake on the barbecue.
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My Christian faith is my backbone
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But the wild is unpredictable, stuff does happen, and it’s always when you’re least expecting it.
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Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It’s about doing whatever it takes – and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.
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You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
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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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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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One killer exercise that’s really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. That’s my favourite. It’s such functional core strength, and that’s why I can climb up trees and down vines.
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The rewards of the wild and the rewards of the survivor go to those who can dig deep, and, ultimately, to the guy who can stay alive.
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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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As a society, we’ve become terrified of failure, but you can’t grow without risking it.
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“But, we’re also going to learn to look after each other, who to work together and who to understand and manage that risk.” That’s what it’s about, you don’t empower kids if you don’t expose them to risk.
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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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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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