Vernon Padayachee

“Dreams, though, are cheap, and the real task comes when you start putting in place the steps needed to make those dreams a reality.”
― 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

“I learnt another valuable lesson that night: listen to the quiet voice inside. Intuition is the noise of the mind.”
― Bear Grylls, Mud, Sweat and Tears

“The friend in my adversity I shall always cherish most. I can better trust those who have helped to relieve the gloom of my dark hours than those who are so ready to enjoy with me the sunshine of my prosperity.”
― Ulysses S. Grant