Never depend on those luck moments – they are gifts – but instead always build your own back-up plan.
BEAR GRYLLSSurvival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It’s about doing whatever it takes – and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.
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Change the way you use your time, and you change your life.
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My work is all about adventure and teamwork in some of the most inhospitable jungles, mountains and deserts on the planet. If you aren’t able to look after yourself and each other, then people die.
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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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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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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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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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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Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.
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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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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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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.
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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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A man’s pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.
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Well, wolves will pretty rarely hunt. You’re vulnerable if you’re on your own or injured. But for lone wolves, get up high, show them that you’re not injured, face ’em off, be authoritarian with it, and look ’em in the eye.
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