I was christened Edward. My sister gave me the name Bear when I was a week old and it has stuck.
BEAR GRYLLSOur 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.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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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 think fire is so critical in the wild. You can cook with it, you can make tools, you can deter a predator, you can dry your clothes and you get that element of morale that matters so much when you’re stuck in the middle of nowhere.
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Accidents on big mountains happen when people’s ambitions cloud their good judgment. Good climbing is about climbing with heart and with instinct, not ambition and pride.
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Life doesn’t reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit.
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I’m probably going to be the scruffiest Chief Scout you’ve ever had and my health and safety policy is non-existent.
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Life’s full of lots of dream-stealers always telling you you need to do something more sensible. I think it doesn’t matter what your dream is, just fight the dream-stealers and hold onto it.
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You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
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When you find yourself thinking about someone or something in the same old negative way, just stop yourself. Think. Check. Change. Refresh. Job done. Smile. Move on. Do this enough times and you will change. For the better; for the stronger.
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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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You don’t need to go to the ends of the earth, you don’t need to climb Everest to have a great adventure, it’s invariably on our doorstep.
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Why is it that the finish line always tends to appear just after the point at which we most want to give up? is it the universe’s way of reserving the best for those who can give the most? What I do know, from nature, is that the dawn only appears after the darkest hour.
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I’m terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.
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I have held healthy respects of bears along with assorted crocodiles, snakes and lots of other animals. You know, bears are dangerous, you have to be super careful.
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It is only when You really STEP OUT of Your comfort zone that You GROW.
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And if you give your heart to a goal, it will repay you. It’s the law of the universe.
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