"My faith is an important part of my life and over the years I've learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn't need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times."
Quotes by Bear Grylls
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Edward Michael "Bear" Grylls is a British adventurer, television presenter and former SAS trooper. He holds several world records in hostile environments, and appeared in numerous wilderness survival television series including Man vs. Wild (2006–2011), Running Wild with Bear Grylls (2014–2023) and The Island with Bear Grylls (2014–2019).
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Bear Grylls quotes on Trust
View all Trust quotes →"My faith is an important part of my life and over the years I've learnt that it takes a proud man to say he doesn't need anything. It has been a quiet strength and a backbone through a lot of difficult times."
"And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you'd ever come across."
"Faith is personal if it's to be real."
Bear Grylls quotes on Happiness
View all Happiness quotes →"Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home."
"Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home."
"Christianity is not about religion. It's about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It's about finding joy and finding home."
Bear Grylls quotes on Action
View all Action quotes →"When I'm filming, survival requires movement. You need your energy, and you've got to eat the bad stuff, and survival food is rarely pretty, but you kind of do it. I get in that zone, and I eat the nasty stuff, but I'm not like that when I'm back home."
"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."
Bear Grylls quotes on Motivation
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View all Fear quotes →Bear Grylls quotes on Food
View all Food quotes →"When I'm filming, survival requires movement. You need your energy, and you've got to eat the bad stuff, and survival food is rarely pretty, but you kind of do it. I get in that zone, and I eat the nasty stuff, but I'm not like that when I'm back home."
"I love home cooking, and I'm not a great one for fast food."
Bear Grylls quotes on Life
View all Life quotes →Bear Grylls quotes on Experience
View all Experience quotes →"In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running."
Bear Grylls quotes on Equality
View all Equality quotes →"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."
Bear Grylls quotes on Power
View all Power quotes →"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."
Bear Grylls quotes on Architecture
View all Architecture quotes →"I love home cooking, and I'm not a great one for fast food."
Bear Grylls quotes on Animals
View all Animals quotes →"I exercise about 40 minutes a day, and I'll run one day and do circuit training the next day. I live in an area where there are brilliant hills and mountains, so I get a good hill run with my dog. At home, I'll do the circuit training with old weights, along with pull-ups in the trees and that sort of stuff."
Bear Grylls quotes on Courage
View all Courage quotes →"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."
Bear Grylls quotes on Justice
View all Justice quotes →"Americans are cool if you show just a chink of vulnerability, they respond so much. They'll pat you on the arm and say, 'Hey kid, you're all right.' Brits will respond but they are much more cynical."
Bear Grylls quotes on Freedom
View all Freedom quotes →"I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember coming off Everest for the last time, thinking of Dad and wishing that he could have seen what I saw. He would have loved it."
Bear Grylls quotes on Money
View all Money quotes →"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."
Bear Grylls quotes on Religion
View all Religion quotes →"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."
Bear Grylls quotes on Family
View all Family quotes →"I come from a line of self-motivated, determined folk - not grand, not high society, but no-nonsense, family-minded go-getters."
Bear Grylls quotes on Death
View all Death quotes →"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."
Bear Grylls quotes on Time
View all Time quotes →"I loved climbing because of the freedom, and having time and space. I remember coming off Everest for the last time, thinking of Dad and wishing that he could have seen what I saw. He would have loved it."
Bear Grylls quotes on Love
View all Love quotes →"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."