Bear Grylls Quotes

Life is an adventure that is best lived boldly

Don't be scared to dream big, and don't be afraid to be close to people. And never give up! It's the tenacious not the talented that win.

The lesson is, the rewards in life don't always go to the biggest, or the bravest, or the smartest. The rewards go to the dogged; and when your going though hell, to the person who just keeps going.

I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.

The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I'd love to do.

Our fate is determined by how far we are prepared to push ourselves to stay alive - the decisions we make to survive. We must do whatever it takes to endure and make it through alive.

You can't live someone else's expectations in life. It's a recipe for disaster.

Always keep the big picture in mind- you are greatly loved by Jesus and your job is to love Him and others in return. The rest is detail.

I was always brought up to have a cup of tea at halfway up a rock face.

My favorite moments? Where it's all going swimmingly, the sun's out and I've got a fire going and a nice snake on the barbecue.

The extremes of jungles, mountains, and deserts are inherently dangerous places.

And if you give your heart to a goal, it will repay you. It's the law of the universe.

The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself.

Many great people over the centuries have depended on their faith- it is a sign of great strength to need Jesus in your life.

Nobody wants to end up super rich and famous - but divorced. I'm always clear on that and try to stay on the right side of the line.

One killer exercise that's really great is pull-ups with your legs out level. That's my favourite. It's such functional core strength, and that's why I can climb up trees and down vines.

Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home.

As for my diet, I try to eat lean, clean and healthy - nothing too surprising. And I avoid too much meat or dairy because they slow you down.

Some of the greatest survivors have been women. Look at the courage so many women have shown after surviving earthquakes in the rubble for days on end.

Faith is personal if it's to be real.

And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you'd ever come across.

I try and eat really healthy when I'm home, but I certainly don't eat worms and snakes.

I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk - not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters.

The only difference between 'try' and 'triumph' is varying degrees of 'umph'

I love home cooking, and I'm not a great one for fast food.

Life doesn't reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit.

Life's full of lots of dream-stealers always telling you you need to do something more sensible. I think it doesn't matter what your dream is, just fight the dream-stealers and hold onto it.

The greatest journeys all start with a single step.

I think it's fun running with dogs. They're always so fit and fast.

I don't like expeditions where it is a total lottery whether you live or die. You have to keep those sort of good luck cards for rare occasions!

I've never really had a TV career. I've been a soldier and a climber.

I'm terrified of walking into a room full of people. Sitting down at a dinner table with 15 strangers brings me out in a sweat.

Life has taught me to be very cautious of a man with a dream, especially a man who has teetered on the edge of life. It gives a fire and recklessness inside that is hard to quantify.

I always wanted to be Robin Hood or John the Baptist when I was growing up.

Nothing inspires people more than reckless acts of courage.

Once a job it has begun, do not stop until it's done. Whether it is big or small, do it well or not all.

One thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.

All worthwhile journeys have big obstacles. It's the way of the world. The rewards go to those who can push through those trying moments and still manage to keep a smile on their face.

Success almost always follows great attitude. The two attract each other!

I love making healthy lean foods delicious - that's an art!

I had many opportunities to get behind products in the past, and I was always careful to evaluate all of them. I will not put my name to shoddy items.

I said no to the Born Survivor producer three times because I've never aspired to be a TV man.

Exercise helps my back. If I don't exercise, that's when it starts to hurt. The pain is a good motivator to run and exercise.

People ask me, "How do I succeed?" Whatever it is they do, I say, "Go and find 20 ways of messing it up. By 21, you'll be getting there." Life is an adventure, go back with cuts, scars and bruises.

Unless you have shelter, fire is going to be very hard and if you have fire, but no water, you're going to die. They're all super important.

I love Ray Mears. He's brilliant. He's so rude about me in the press, it's outrageous!

I train five days a week hard - but it is short and sharp - 30 to 40 minutes of functional and pretty dynamic body-strength circuits, then I do a good yoga session on the sixth day, then I rest.

Alpha was the best thing I ever did. It helped answer some huge questions and to find a simple empowering faith in my life.

I do see a lot of the hard end of ecology, and my feeling is that we live on a super-exciting planet but a super-fragile one.

To me, adventure has always been to me the connections and bounds you create with people when you're there. And you can have that anywhere.