I didn’t want to do eight seasons of How To Build A Fire. The intention was to make something fun and dynamic and about self rescue, not about whittling.
BEAR GRYLLSAlways keep the big picture in mind- you are greatly loved by Jesus and your job is to love Him and others in return. The rest is detail.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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Alpha was the best thing I ever did. It helped answer some huge questions and to find a simple empowering faith in my life.
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The rewards of the wild and the rewards of the survivor go to those who can dig deep, and, ultimately, to the guy who can stay alive.
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Survival is not about being fearless. It’s about making a decision, getting on and doing it, because I want to see my kids again, or whatever the reason might be.
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Survival can be summed up in three words – never give up. That’s the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
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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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Once a job it has begun, do not stop until it’s done. Whether it is big or small, do it well or not all.
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The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra. And for me, I had always grown up with the belief that if someone succeeds it is because they are brilliant or talented or just better than me…
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The rules of survival never change, whether you’re in a desert or in an arena.
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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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I try and eat really healthy when I’m home, but I certainly don’t eat worms and snakes.
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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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You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
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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 started to get so many letters from unlikely people; a single mum going, “I watch your show, I’m not into survival, but I hold down four jobs and I get it when you say it’s about persistence and putting a positive attitude into things during difficult times.”
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Textbook survival tells you to stay put. Stop. Wait for rescue. Don’t take any risks. But there’d been a whole host of survival shows like that and I didn’t really want to do that.
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