One thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.
BEAR GRYLLSNobody else is stupid enough to get themselves into the straits that I get into.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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Our achievements are generally limited only by the beliefs we impose on ourselves.
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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 miss him still today: his long, whiskery eyebrows, his huge hands and hugs, his warmth, his prayers, his stories, but above all his shining example of how to live and how to die.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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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 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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Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.
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The rules of survival never change, whether you’re in a desert or in an arena.
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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 said no to the Born Survivor producer three times because I’ve never aspired to be a TV man.
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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.
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Life has taught me to be very cautious of a man with a dream, especially a man who has teetered on the edge of life. It gives a fire and recklessness inside that is hard to quantify.
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I 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.
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When 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.
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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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