Many people find it hard to understand what it is about a mountain that draws men and women to risk their lives on her freezing, icy faces – all for a chance at that single, solitary moment on the top.
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.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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If you risk nothing you gain nothing
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Change the way you use your time, and you change your life.
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Time and experience have taught me that fame and money very rarely go to the worthy, by the way – hence we shouldn’t ever be too impressed by either of those impostors. Value folk for who they are, how they live and what they give – that’s a much better benchmark.
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Our dreams are just wishes, if we never follow them through with action. And in life, you have got to be able to light your own fire.
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Faith is personal if it’s to be real.
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My Christian faith is my backbone
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Success almost always follows great attitude. The two attract each other!
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My best life lessons and education didn’t come from a classroom – they’ve come from the wild. How you act in the big moments, the ones that challenge you, scare you, tempt you, and force you to make the right decisions, is what defines you.
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When I’m in ‘Man vs. Wild’ mode, it’s not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I’m on reserve power all the time and I’m digging deep – and that’s the magic of it as well, and that’s raw and it’s great.
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Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.
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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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As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy – nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.
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Look, sometimes, no matter how hard you try, sometimes you need a bit of luck.
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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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That feeling when you’re so cold you’d give anything to be warm – I’ve had it before, literally huddled around a candle flame on an ice sheet.
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