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.
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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There is no feeling like coming home after danger.
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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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The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.
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Time and experience have taught me that fame and money very rarely go to the worthy, by the way – hence we shouldn’t ever be too impressed by either of those impostors. Value folk for who they are, how they live and what they give – that’s a much better benchmark.
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I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.
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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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Survival is not about being fearless. It’s about making a decision, getting on and doing it, because I want to see my kids again, or whatever the reason might be.
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Life is an adventure that is best lived boldly
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Never depend on those luck moments – they are gifts – but instead always build your own back-up plan.
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Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
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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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What Scouting says to people is: Every child has a right to have an adventure. Life is about grabbing opportunities
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As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
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Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.
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I’m probably going to be the scruffiest Chief Scout you’ve ever had and my health and safety policy is non-existent.
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Don’t be scared to dream big, and don’t be afraid to be close to people. And never give up! It’s the tenacious not the talented that win.
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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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The only difference between ‘try’ and ‘triumph’ is varying degrees of ‘umph’
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Without risk, there can be no growth.
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Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
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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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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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Unless you have shelter, fire is going to be very hard and if you have fire, but no water, you’re going to die. They’re all super important.
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I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk – not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.
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Our fate is determined by how far we are prepared to push ourselves to stay alive – the decisions we make to survive. We must do whatever it takes to endure and make it through alive.
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I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.
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