Bear Grylls Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Bear Grylls
Bear Grylls Famous Quotes & Sayings
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I think viewers quite like it when I'm suffering or eating or drinking something horrible or really up against it in some quicksand or whatever.
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.
Aim to live a wild, generous, full, exciting life - blessing those around you and seeing the good in all.
Yes, the Boy Scouts of America should definitely allow gay adult leaders and I think it's really going to hold them back if they don't.
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.
You can't become a decent horseman until you fall off and get up again, a good number of times.
There's life in a nutshell.
There's life in a nutshell.
My faith isn't very churchy, it's a pretty personal, intimate thing and has been a huge source of strength in moments of life and death.
Many great people over the centuries have depended on their faith- it is a sign of great strength to need Jesus in your life.
You are wonderfully and powerfully made. In other words: it is no accident you are good at certain things!
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 always had a really natural faith as a kid. Where I knew God existed and it felt very free and pretty wild and natural, and it wasn't religious.
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.
One thing I know for sure: it is only by doing what we fear that we can ever truly learn to be brave.
Life doesn't reward the naturally clever or strong but those who can learn to fight and work hard and never quit.
The rewards of the wild and the rewards of the survivor go to those who can dig deep, and, ultimately, to the guy who can stay alive.
I am not fearless. I get scared plenty. But I have also learned how to channel that emotion to sharpen me.
Dreams, though, are cheap, and the real task comes when you start putting in place the steps needed to make those dreams a reality.
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.
What Scouting says to people is: Every child has a right to have an adventure. Life is about grabbing opportunities
That feeling when you're so cold you'd give anything to be warm - I've had it before, literally huddled around a candle flame on an ice sheet.
If the person you're speaking to will think worse or less of the person you're speaking about, then it's gossip, so cut it out!
I learnt another valuable lesson that night: listen to the quiet voice inside. Intuition is the noise of the mind.
A man's pride can be his downfall, and he needs to learn when to turn to others for support and guidance.
Winston Churchill (him again!) once said words to the effect that everyone gets the chance to make their fortune once, but not everybody takes it.
The SAS Reserve tends to be made up of former paratroopers and commandos who still want a challenge, but it is open to civilians.
I never wanted to do TV. I just did what I was trained to do through the Special Forces, and I've been doing that from a very young age.
It breaks my heart that my father never knew my children. He should have been around for another 25 years.
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.
Survival can be summed up in three words - never give up. That's the heart of it really. Just keep trying.
At this point, my greatest enemy was myself. Self-doubt can be crushing, and sometimes it is hard to see outside the black bubble.
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.
I've seen extreme bravery from the least likely of people. Life is about the moments when it's all gone wrong. That's when we define ourselves.
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.
Meals were often eaten standing up, and I wasn't quite sure why they had bothered to issue us with beds, we got to see them so little.
There's no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It's all about heart.
A wise man knows; learn from others, never get complacent and know where the classic old dangers come from.
Survival requires us to leave our prejudices at home. It's about doing whatever it takes - and ultimately those with the biggest heart will win.
I'm probably going to be the scruffiest Chief Scout you've ever had and my health and safety policy is non-existent.
I learned two very strong lessons from them: the grass isn't always greener elsewhere, and true love is worth fighting for.
A challenge that tested Tom to his limit but in return gave him more than he could ever have imagined.
Alpha was the best thing I ever did. It helped answer some huge questions and to find a simple empowering faith in my life.
Our dreams are just wishes, if we never follow them through with action. And in life, you have got to be able to light your own fire.
I've eaten sheep's eyes, the still hot meat from a zebra killed by a lion, and maggots which give you 70 calories to the ounce.
Being brave isn't the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.
I was in and out of the hospital almost daily from then on.
They X-rayed, poked, and prodded me, and then they did it again for good measure.
They X-rayed, poked, and prodded me, and then they did it again for good measure.
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 find skydiving really hard. I broke my back while skydiving when I was in the military, and for 18 months all my nightmares were about falling.
Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you'd ever come across.
For me, my training is a key part of my work as so often my life has depended on being able to move fast and haul myself up and out of something fast!
Scouts should be progressive and should be adapting. If you're gay or not it's irrelevant, Scouting values respect.
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.
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'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.