Mind Fuel Quotes

“See beyond the feeling that failure is inevitable’ ICONIC SCIENTIST, ARTIST and inventor Leonardo da Vinci said, ‘Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve.”
― Bear Grylls, Mind Fuel: Simple Ways to Build Mental Resilience Every Day

“NELSON MANDELA SAID, ‘No one is born hating another person because of the colour of his skin, or his background, or his religion. People must learn to hate, and if they can learn to hate, they can be taught to love, for love comes more naturally to the human heart than its opposite.”
― Bear Grylls, Mind Fuel: Simple Ways to Build Mental Resilience Every Day

“In 1944, Japanese soldier Hiroo Onoda had orders to defend Lubang Island in the Philippines. He was strictly forbidden to surrender. In 1945, leaflets were dropped to announce the end of the war, but Hiroo thought these were enemy subterfuge. He refused to give up his obligation until his former commanding officer, Major Yoshimi Taniguchi, returned. That happened in March 1974. Hiroo had fought his own war for twenty-nine years.”
― Bear Grylls, Mind Fuel: Simple Ways to Build Mental Resilience Every Day

“This ‘system’ is often described through ABC: ‘A’s are ‘Activating events’; ‘B’s are the ‘Beliefs’ we apply to the ‘A’s; ‘C’s are the emotional and behavioural ‘Consequences’. (The ‘C’s then often feed into the ‘A’s.)”
― Bear Grylls, Mind Fuel: Simple Ways to Build Mental Resilience Every Day

“Great people make others feel great about themselves. They build others up and don’t shoulder their way forwards into a position of superiority. How we speak about others speaks loudest about ourselves.”
― Bear Grylls, Mind Fuel: Simple Ways to Build Mental Resilience Every Day

“Hiding tears is a bit like hiding an SOS sign. You are avoiding rescue. I have shared tears with some of the toughest soldiers in the world. Crying doesn’t make you weak, it’s a sign of great trust and intimacy.”
― Bear Grylls, Mind Fuel: Simple Ways to Build Mental Resilience Every Day

“At the end of the day, humility and humanity go hand in hand. Pride is self-interested: people become commodities to be used for personal gain. But real humility is about loving people and using things, rather than using people and loving things.”
― Bear Grylls, Mind Fuel: Simple Ways to Build Mental Resilience Every Day

“if you want to see a person’s true character, give them everything.”
― Bear Grylls, Mind Fuel: Simple Ways to Build Mental Resilience Every Day

“How you speak about others speaks loudest about yourself. Great people not only speak kindly of other people, but they consider others before themselves. That’s true humility.”
― Bear Grylls, Mind Fuel: Simple Ways to Build Mental Resilience Every Day

“Being competitive is healthy. But needing to win is a sign our identity is rooted in our achievement. It is very hard to lose (or win) with grace if we ‘need’ victory. The truth is that when we lose, we show our character.”
― Bear Grylls, Mind Fuel: Simple Ways to Build Mental Resilience Every Day

“This resistance to change is known as ‘inertia’ – and it is an all-too-common human trait to resist anything that might upset the status quo. Inertia always works to keep things the same, however much your heart longs for change.”
― Bear Grylls, Mind Fuel: Simple Ways to Build Mental Resilience Every Day

“To all of you who are both brave and strong enough to acknowledge that protecting your mental health and building positive mental fitness is a battle worth fighting every day.”
― Bear Grylls, Mind Fuel: Simple Ways to Build Mental Resilience Every Day