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.
BEAR GRYLLSAs a society, we’ve become terrified of failure, but you can’t grow without risking it.
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You’re not human if you don’t feel fear. But I’ve learnt to treat fear as an emotion that sharpens me. It’s there to give me that edge for what I have to do.
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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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It can be hard to explain. But I also relate to the quote that says, Iif you have to ask, you will never understand.
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It is only when You really STEP OUT of Your comfort zone that You GROW.
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It breaks my heart that my father never knew my children. He should have been around for another 25 years.
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I was christened Edward. My sister gave me the name Bear when I was a week old and it has stuck.
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You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
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There is little faith involved in setting out on a journey where the destination is certain and every step in between has been mapped in detail. Bravery, trust, is about leaving camp in the dark, when we do not know the route ahead and cannot be certain we will ever return.
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I don’t like expeditions where it is a total lottery whether you live or die. You have to keep those sort of good luck cards for rare occasions!
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A friend once asked me what qualities were needed for SAS. I would say to be self-motivated and resilient; to be calm, yet have the ability to smile when it is grim; to be unflappable, be able to react fast and to have an ‘improvise, adapt and overcome’ mentality.
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Faith is personal if it’s to be real.
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I was always brought up to have a cup of tea at halfway up a rock face.
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Nothing inspires people more than reckless acts of courage.
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Make a little time to be quiet by yourself every day and just be.
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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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