My Christian faith is my backbone
BEAR GRYLLSSometimes it’s hard for us to believe, really believe, that God cares and wants good things for us and doesn’t just want us to go off and give everything up and become missionaries in Burundi.
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The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I’d love to do.
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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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There’s no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It’s all about heart.
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Nothing inspires people more than reckless acts of courage.
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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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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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If you risk nothing you gain nothing
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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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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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Eating any of these things, goat testicles or what have you, isn’t going to be nice, but you get into that zone, you become focussed and you do what you need to do. It’s all about one thing: coming home in one piece.
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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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What Scouting says to people is: Every child has a right to have an adventure. Life is about grabbing opportunities
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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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Is your ego small enough, and your backbone strong enough, to raise others up high on your shoulders?
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Sometimes it’s hard for us to believe, really believe, that God cares and wants good things for us and doesn’t just want us to go off and give everything up and become missionaries in Burundi.
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