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 GRYLLSI 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.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.
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The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra.
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The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I’d love to do.
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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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It is 100% natural, is whole food based, and I love the fact that it provides raw, anti-oxidant fruit and veg in a capsule form. For me it fulfills a key part of my nutrition, training and recovery needs.
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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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The hardest thing about my job isn’t the snake bites or the crocodiles, it’s being away from my children. I have a really religious satellite phone call every day back to the boys, wherever we are, whatever time zone, to say goodnight.
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I was always brought up to have a cup of tea at halfway up a rock face.
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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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As a society, we’ve become terrified of failure, but you can’t grow without risking it.
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My work is all about adventure and teamwork in some of the most inhospitable jungles, mountains and deserts on the planet. If you aren’t able to look after yourself and each other, then people die.
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Adventure should be 80 percent ‘I think this is manageable,’ but it’s good to have that last 20 percent where you’re right outside your comfort zone. Still safe, but outside your comfort zone.
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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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My favorite moments? Where it’s all going swimmingly, the sun’s out and I’ve got a fire going and a nice snake on the barbecue.
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Our achievements are generally limited only by the beliefs we impose on ourselves.
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