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English adventurer, Birth: 7-6-1974 Bear Grylls Quotes
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I never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces, and I've been doing that from a very young age.
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I exercise about 40 minutes a day, and I'll run one day and do circuit training the next day. I live in an area where there are brilliant hills and mountains, so I get a good hill run with my dog. At home, I'll do the circuit training with old weights, along with pull-ups in the trees and that sort of stuff.
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The rules of survival never change, whether you're in a desert or in an arena.
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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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If you risk nothing you gain nothing
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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 an ember is all we need.
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I've seen extreme bravery from the least likely of people. Life is about the moments when it's all gone wrong. That's when we define ourselves.
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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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Live a wild, generous full, exciting life – blessing those around you and seeing the good in all.
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A wise man knows; learn from others, never get complacent and know where the classic old dangers come from.
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There is no feeling like coming home after danger.
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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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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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There's no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It's all about heart.
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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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Never depend on those luck moments – they are gifts – but instead always build your own back-up plan.
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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." That for me was a great liberator to realize that the show isn't about me running around, jumping off stuff and flexing muscles, it's about inspiring people. That makes me really happy.
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A man's pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.
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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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Make a little time to be quiet by yourself every day and just be.
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Our 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.
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The line between life or death is determined by what we are willing to do.
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My faith isn't very churchy, it's a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.
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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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Time and experience have taught me that fame and money very rarely go to the worthy, by the way - hence we shouldn't ever be too impressed by either of those impostors. Value folk for who they are, how they live and what they give - that's a much better benchmark.
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Without risk, there can be no growth.
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I've had so many injuries in my life that it's ridiculous.
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Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It's about doing whatever it takes - and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.
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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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I learnt another valuable lesson that night: listen to the quiet voice inside. Intuition is the noise of the mind.
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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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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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How you speak about others speaks loudest about yourself.
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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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But the wild is unpredictable, stuff does happen, and it's always when you're least expecting it.
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Both faith and fear may sail into your harbor, but only allow faith to drop anchor.
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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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What Scouting says to people is: Every child has a right to have an adventure. Life is about grabbing opportunities
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Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
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The SAS Reserve tends to be made up of former paratroopers and commandos who still want a challenge, but it is open to civilians.
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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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Are you the sort of person who can turn around when you have nothing left, and find that little bit extra inside you to keep going, or do you sag and wilt with exhaustion? It is a mental game, and it is hard to tell how people will react until they are squeezed.
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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... and the more of these words I heard the smaller I always felt! But the truth is often very different... and for me to learn that ordinary me can achieve something extra-ordinary by giving that little bit extra, when everyone else gives up, meant the world to me and I really clung to it.
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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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The appeal of the wild for me is its unpredictability. You have to develop an awareness, react fast, be resourceful and come up with a plan and act on it.
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It is only when You really STEP OUT of Your comfort zone that You GROW.
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As a society, we've become terrified of failure, but you can't grow without risking it.
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All my life the only thing I've been good at has been climbing and throwing myself off big things.
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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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