Change the way you use your time, and you change your life.
BEAR GRYLLSThe only difference between ‘try’ and ‘triumph’ is varying degrees of ‘umph’
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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Dreams, though, are cheap, and the real task comes when you start putting in place the steps needed to make those dreams a reality.
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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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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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Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
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One thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.
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Without risk, there can be no growth.
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I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.
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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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You can’t live someone else’s expectations in life. It’s a recipe for disaster.
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Nothing inspires people more than reckless acts of courage.
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When I’m filming, survival requires movement. You need your energy, and you’ve got to eat the bad stuff, and survival food is rarely pretty, but you kind of do it. I get in that zone, and I eat the nasty stuff, but I’m not like that when I’m back home.
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When you find yourself thinking about someone or something in the same old negative way, just stop yourself. Think. Check. Change. Refresh. Job done. Smile. Move on. Do this enough times and you will change. For the better; for the stronger.
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I think it’s fun running with dogs. They’re always so fit and fast.
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Exercise helps my back. If I don’t exercise, that’s when it starts to hurt. The pain is a good motivator to run and exercise.
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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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