Motivational Grizzly Bear Quotes

We have all grown up, one might say, thinking of nature as an adorable, helpless bunny that some people want to protect and others, motivated by the will to power that is the unmentionable force behind so much of contemporary culture, want to stomp into a bloody pulp just to show that they can. Both sides are mistaken, for what they have misidentified as a bunny is one paw of a sleep- ing grizzly bear who, if roused, is quite capable of tearing both sides limb from limb and feasting on their carcasses. The bear, it must be remembered, is bigger than we are, and stronger. We forget this at our desperate peril.

I was lying on the ground. I could feel my blood mixing with the dirt. And Reese said, ‘You can stay up here and fuck the grizzly bears, puss.’ And the goddamned thing is, when I finally was able to stand up, I was more scared of imaginary grizzly bears than I was of Reese. Although I’m sure a grizzly bear has better table manners. I just motivated myself the hell away, as fast as I could crawl. I’m not even sure there are grizzly bears around here, anyway.

With his philosophical bent, Dr. Nickerson says everything in life is a choice, sometimes easy, sometimes much more tough. The Jeremy's of the world would never think of taking the easy way. It was not engrained in his DNA - not then, not ever. His resiliency was powerful. His strength unquestionable. His love for wife and daughter as unbendable as a piece of steel. And his passion to return to the outdoors as soon as possible an unwavering motivator. "In this case," says Dr. Nickerson, "nature didn't win.