Nobody wants to end up super rich and famous – but divorced. I’m always clear on that and try to stay on the right side of the line.
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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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 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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Success almost always follows great attitude. The two attract each other!
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There is no feeling like coming home after danger.
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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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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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A man’s pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.
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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.
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I’ve fallen down crevasses, been bitten by snakes, been knocked unconscious, had various limbs broken and once, a heavy camera came plunging down which very nearly decapitated me.
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Nobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
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Being brave isn’t the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.
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I try and eat really healthy when I’m home, but I certainly don’t eat worms and snakes.
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Never depend on those luck moments – they are gifts – but instead always build your own back-up plan.
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I never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces, and I’ve been doing that from a very young age.
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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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