Christianity is not about religion. It’s about faith, about being held, about being forgiven. It’s about finding joy and finding home.
BEAR GRYLLSFaith is personal if it’s to be real.
More Bear Grylls Quotes
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Above all, I feel a quiet pride that for the rest of my days I can look at myself in the mirror and know that once upon a time I was good enough. Good enough to call myself a member of the SAS. Some things don’t have a price tag.
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I started to get so many letters from unlikely people; a single mum going, “I watch your show, I’m not into survival, but I hold down four jobs and I get it when you say it’s about persistence and putting a positive attitude into things during difficult times.”
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It’s unresolved conflict in my life that I have a lovely family and a risky job.
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And Jesus, the heart of the Christian faith is the wildest, most radical guy you’d ever come across.
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The SAS Reserve tends to be made up of former paratroopers and commandos who still want a challenge, but it is open to civilians.
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Alpha was the best thing I ever did. It helped answer some huge questions and to find a simple empowering faith in my life.
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When I take kids into the woods, I tell them, “What we’re going to do today is going to be incredibly dangerous.” And you just see 20 smiles go up.
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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.
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The truth is, I need 10 lifetimes to scratch the surface of the things I’d love to do.
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Many great people over the centuries have depended on their faith- it is a sign of great strength to need Jesus in your life.
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What Scouting says to people is: Every child has a right to have an adventure. Life is about grabbing opportunities
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I try and eat really healthy when I’m home, but I certainly don’t eat worms and snakes.
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It breaks my heart that my father never knew my children. He should have been around for another 25 years.
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What I’ve learned over the years is that the path less traveled always makes for a more interesting journey. If you simply do what everyone else is doing, how can you ever expect to excel and create something wonderful and unique in your life?
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I look back and understand the world a bit better and know how competitive it is .
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I hang out all the time with kids and young scouts and I never meet kids who don’t want adventure.
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You can’t live someone else’s expectations in life. It’s a recipe for disaster.
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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.
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There’s no magic to running far or climbing Everest. Endurance is mental strength. It’s all about heart.
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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.
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I’ve never really had a TV career. I’ve been a soldier and a climber.
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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!
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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.
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Sometimes an ember is all we need.
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Eating any of these things, goat testicles or what have you, isn’t going to be nice, but you get into that zone, you become focussed and you do what you need to do. It’s all about one thing: coming home in one piece.
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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.
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