I look back and understand the world a bit better and know how competitive it is .
BEAR GRYLLSAnd if you give your heart to a goal, it will repay you. It’s the law of the universe.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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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 difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra.
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A friend once asked me what qualities were needed for SAS. I would say to be self-motivated and resilient; to be calm, yet have the ability to smile when it is grim; to be unflappable, be able to react fast and to have an ‘improvise, adapt and overcome’ mentality.
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You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
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Life is an adventure that is best lived boldly
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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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As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
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To me, adventure has always been to me the connections and bounds you create with people when you’re there. And you can have that anywhere.
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That feeling when you’re so cold you’d give anything to be warm – I’ve had it before, literally huddled around a candle flame on an ice sheet.
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I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember coming off Everest for the last time, thinking of Dad and wishing that he could have seen what I saw. He would have loved it.
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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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Dreams, though, are cheap, and the real task comes when you start putting in place the steps needed to make those dreams a reality.
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Scouts should be progressive and should be adapting. If you’re gay or not it’s irrelevant, Scouting values respect.
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One killer exercise that’s really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. That’s my favourite. It’s such functional core strength, and that’s why I can climb up trees and down vines.
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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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