Vernon Padayachee

“Never depend on those luck moments – they are gifts – but instead always build your own back-up plan.”
― Bear Grylls, Mud, Sweat and Tears

“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…”
― Bear Grylls

“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.”
― Bear Grylls, Mud, Sweat and Tears

“Many great people over the centuries have depended on their faith- it is a sign of great strength to need Jesus in your life.”
― Bear Grylls, To My Sons: Lessons for the Wild Adventure Called Life