But the wild is unpredictable, stuff does happen, and it’s always when you’re least expecting it.
BEAR GRYLLSDon’t be scared to dream big, and don’t be afraid to be close to people. And never give up! It’s the tenacious not the talented that win.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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The difference between ordinary and extra-ordinary is so often just simply that little word – extra.
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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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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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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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One thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.
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It can be hard to explain. But I also relate to the quote that says, Iif you have to ask, you will never understand.
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Our achievements are generally limited only by the beliefs we impose on ourselves.
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The greatest journeys all start with a single step.
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I train five days a week hard – but it is short and sharp – 30 to 40 minutes of functional and pretty dynamic body-strength circuits, then I do a good yoga session on the sixth day, then I rest.
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I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.
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To get ready to climb Everest, I did a lot of hill running with a daypack on and a lot of underwater swimming. I would swim a couple of lengths underwater and then a couple above. It gets your body going with limited oxygen.
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I was super skeptical about doing TV. I said no three times, part of which was confidence because I didn’t really understand that world. I know how to climb mountains and do all that, but I wasn’t a TV person.
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Christianity is not about religion. It’s about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It’s about finding joy and finding home.
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I think it’s fun running with dogs. They’re always so fit and fast.
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When I’m in ‘Man vs. Wild’ mode, it’s not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I’m on reserve power all the time and I’m digging deep – and that’s the magic of it as well, and that’s raw and it’s great.
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