Bear Grylls on bravery
Bear Grylls151 quotes“I’ve seen extreme bravery from the least likely of people. Life is about the moments when it’s all gone wrong. That’s when we define ourselves.”
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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.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls I think it’s fun running with dogs. They’re always so fit and fast.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls 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.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls 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.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls Live a wild, generous full, exciting life – blessing those around you and seeing the good in all.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls Make a little time to be quiet by yourself every day and just be.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls 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.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls Christianity is not about religion. It’s about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It’s about finding joy and finding home.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls For me, my training is a key part of my work as so often my life has depended on being able to move fast and haul myself up and out of something fast!
Bear GryllsBear Grylls I think fire is so critical in the wild. You can cook with it, you can make tools, you can deter a predator, you can dry your clothes and you get that element of morale that matters so much when you’re stuck in the middle of nowhere.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls I have held healthy respects of bears along with assorted crocodiles, snakes and lots of other animals. You know, bears are dangerous, you have to be super careful.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls 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.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls It is 100% natural, is whole food based, and I love the fact that it provides raw, anti-oxidant fruit and veg in a capsule form. For me it fulfills a key part of my nutrition, training and recovery needs.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls Many great people over the centuries have depended on their faith- it is a sign of great strength to need Jesus in your life.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls 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.
Bear GryllsBear Grylls The lesson is, the rewards in life don’t always go to the biggest, or the bravest, or the smartest. The rewards go to the dogged; and when your going though hell, to the person who just keeps going.
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