Survival is not about being fearless. It’s about making a decision, getting on and doing it, because I want to see my kids again, or whatever the reason might be.
BEAR GRYLLSI find skydiving really hard. I broke my back while skydiving when I was in the military, and for 18 months all my nightmares were about falling.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
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Life is an adventure that is best lived boldly
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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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Life doesn’t reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit.
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I train five days a week hard – but it is short and sharp – 30 to 40 minutes of functional and pretty dynamic body-strength circuits, then I do a good yoga session on the sixth day, then I rest.
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I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.
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I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk – not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.
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A wise man knows; learn from others, never get complacent and know where the classic old dangers come from.
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What I’ve learned over the years is that the path less traveled always makes for a more interesting journey. If you simply do what everyone else is doing, how can you ever expect to excel and create something wonderful and unique in your life?
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The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra.
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Once a job it has begun, do not stop until it’s done. Whether it is big or small, do it well or not all.
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I grew up on survival shows and they were always just so…anoraky.
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The only difference between ‘try’ and ‘triumph’ is varying degrees of ‘umph’
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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running.
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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 greatest journeys all start with a single step.
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I think viewers quite like it when I’m suffering or eating or drinking something horrible or really up against it in some quicksand or whatever.
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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.
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Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.
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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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It can be hard to explain. But I also relate to the quote that says, Iif you have to ask, you will never understand.
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I’m terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.
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It breaks my heart that my father never knew my children. He should have been around for another 25 years.
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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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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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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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