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!
BEAR GRYLLSI am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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I think it’s fun running with dogs. They’re always so fit and fast.
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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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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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Life is an adventure that is best lived boldly
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Are you the sort of person who can turn around when you have nothing left, and find that little bit extra inside you to keep going, or do you sag and wilt with exhaustion? It is a mental game, and it is hard to tell how people will react until they are squeezed.
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The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra.
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I do see a lot of the hard end of ecology, and my feeling is that we live on a super-exciting planet but a super-fragile one.
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Sometimes it’s hard for us to believe, really believe, that God cares and wants good things for us and doesn’t just want us to go off and give everything up and become missionaries in Burundi.
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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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What Scouting says to people is: Every child has a right to have an adventure. Life is about grabbing opportunities
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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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I’ve eaten sheep’s eyes, the still hot meat from a zebra killed by a lion, and maggots which give you 70 calories to the ounce.
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Is your ego small enough, and your backbone strong enough, to raise others up high on your shoulders?
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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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