You can’t live someone else’s expectations in life. It’s a recipe for disaster.
BEAR GRYLLSWhen I take kids into the woods, I tell them, “What we’re going to do today is going to be incredibly dangerous.” And you just see 20 smiles go up.
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The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.
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I look back and understand the world a bit better and know how competitive it is .
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Is your ego small enough, and your backbone strong enough, to raise others up high on your shoulders?
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Life has taught me to be very cautious of a man with a dream, especially a man who has teetered on the edge of life. It gives a fire and recklessness inside that is hard to quantify.
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Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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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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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.
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Eating any of these things, goat testicles or what have you, isn’t going to be nice, but you get into that zone, you become focussed and you do what you need to do. It’s all about one thing: coming home in one piece.
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Life’s full of lots of dream-stealers always telling you you need to do something more sensible. I think it doesn’t matter what your dream is, just fight the dream-stealers and hold onto it.
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All worthwhile journeys have big obstacles. It’s the way of the world. The rewards go to those who can push through those trying moments and still manage to keep a smile on their face.
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Yes, the Boy Scouts of America should definitely allow gay adult leaders and I think it’s really going to hold them back if they don’t.
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And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you’d ever come across.
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I said no to the Born Survivor producer three times because I’ve never aspired to be a TV man.
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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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