As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
BEAR GRYLLSLife doesn’t reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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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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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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I’ve eaten sheep’s eyes, the still hot meat from a zebra killed by a lion, and maggots which give you 70 calories to the ounce.
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Yes, the Boy Scouts of America should definitely allow gay adult leaders and I think it’s really going to hold them back if they don’t.
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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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I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.
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Life is an adventure that is best lived boldly
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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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I hang out all the time with kids and young scouts and I never meet kids who don’t want adventure.
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You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.
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Textbook survival tells you to stay put. Stop. Wait for rescue. Don’t take any risks. But there’d been a whole host of survival shows like that and I didn’t really want to do that.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.
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And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you’d ever come across.
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What I’ve learned over the years is that the path less traveled always makes for a more interesting journey. If you simply do what everyone else is doing, how can you ever expect to excel and create something wonderful and unique in your life?
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