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 GRYLLSOne thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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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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Scouts should be progressive and should be adapting. If you’re gay or not it’s irrelevant, Scouting values respect.
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You can’t live someone else’s expectations in life. It’s a recipe for disaster.
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I miss him still today: his long, whiskery eyebrows, his huge hands and hugs, his warmth, his prayers, his stories, but above all his shining example of how to live and how to die.
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The appeal of the wild for me is its unpredictability. You have to develop an awareness, react fast, be resourceful and come up with a plan and act on it.
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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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If you risk nothing you gain nothing
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Our achievements are generally limited only by the beliefs we impose on ourselves.
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I learnt another valuable lesson that night: listen to the quiet voice inside. Intuition is the noise of the mind.
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I didn’t want to do eight seasons of How To Build A Fire. The intention was to make something fun and dynamic and about self rescue, not about whittling.
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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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Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
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Live a wild, generous full, exciting life – blessing those around you and seeing the good in all.
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It is only when You really STEP OUT of Your comfort zone that You GROW.
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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.
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