Unless you have shelter, fire is going to be very hard and if you have fire, but no water, you’re going to die. They’re all super important.
BEAR GRYLLSYou can’t live someone else’s expectations in life. It’s a recipe for disaster.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.
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You can’t become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times. There’s life in a nutshell.
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I don’t like expeditions where it is a total lottery whether you live or die. You have to keep those sort of good luck cards for rare occasions!
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The lesson is, the rewards in life don’t always go to the biggest, or the bravest, or the smartest. The rewards go to the dogged; and when your going though hell, to the person who just keeps going.
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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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Juice Plus+ is great stuff that I have used through all of my expeditions. What I like about it is that the research behind it is so strong.
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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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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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Our achievements are generally limited only by the beliefs we impose on ourselves.
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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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For me, my training is a key part of my work as so often my life has depended on being able to move fast and haul myself up and out of something fast!
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Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It’s about doing whatever it takes – and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.
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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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As a society, we’ve become terrified of failure, but you can’t grow without risking it.
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