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How you speak about others speaks loudest about yourself.

Bear Grylls

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More Bear Grylls Quotes

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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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  AdventureChildrenOpportunity
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  Sometimes an ember is all we need.

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  EmbersNeedsSometimes
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  I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember coming off Everest for the last time, thinking of Dad and wishing that he could have seen what I saw. He would have loved it.

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  ClimbDadThinking
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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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  CourageDarkJourney
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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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  GamesLittlePeople
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  I hang out all the time with kids and young scouts and I never meet kids who don’t want adventure.

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  AdventureKidsWant
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  I’ve never really had a TV career. I’ve been a soldier and a climber.

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  CareersClimberSoldier
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  All my life the only thing I’ve been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.

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  BigsClimbingThrowing
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  People ask me, “How do I succeed?” Whatever it is they do, I say, “Go and find 20 ways of messing it up. By 21, you’ll be getting there.” Life is an adventure, go back with cuts, scars and bruises.

  BEAR GRYLLS
  AdventureCuttingPeople
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  Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.

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  AnchorsHarborsMay
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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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  LuckMomentsPlans
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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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  EightFireFun
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  There’s no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It’s all about heart.

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  ClimbingHeartRunning
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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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  GayProgressiveShould
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  The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra.

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  DifferencesLittlesOrdinary
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  It’s unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.

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  ConflictJobsLovely