black
grey
blue
red
brown
white

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.

Bear Grylls

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

Christianity Home Joy
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.
BEAR GRYLLS

Drinking Suffering Thinking
I was always brought up to have a cup of tea at halfway up a rock face.
BEAR GRYLLS

Face Rock Tea
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.
BEAR GRYLLS

Flames Giving Ice
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.”
BEAR GRYLLS

Attitude Job Running
A friend once asked me what qualities were needed for SAS. I would say to be self-motivated and resilient; to be calm, yet have the ability to smile when it is grim; to be unflappable, be able to react fast and to have an ‘improvise, adapt and overcome’ mentality.
BEAR GRYLLS

Overcoming Quality Self
When I’m in ‘Man vs. Wild’ mode, it’s not pleasure. Every sensor is firing and I’m on reserve power all the time and I’m digging deep – and that’s the magic of it as well, and that’s raw and it’s great.
BEAR GRYLLS

Digging Magic Men
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.
BEAR GRYLLS

Dream Fire Light
Textbook survival tells you to stay put. Stop. Wait for rescue. Don’t take any risks. But there’d been a whole host of survival shows like that and I didn’t really want to do that.
BEAR GRYLLS

Risk Survival Waiting
Weather can kill you so fast. The first priority of survival is getting protection from the extreme weather.
BEAR GRYLLS

Priority Survival Weather
There is no feeling like coming home after danger.
BEAR GRYLLS

Coming Danger Feelings Home
Faith is personal if it’s to be real.
BEAR GRYLLS

Being Faith Personal Real
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

Age Special Wanted Young
As a young boy, scouting gave me a confidence and camaraderie that is hard to find in modern life.
BEAR GRYLLS

Boys Life Modern Young
I’m probably going to be the scruffiest Chief Scout you’ve ever had and my health and safety policy is non-existent.
BEAR GRYLLS

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

Determine Lines Self

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

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.

Related Topics

Popular Authors

More Bear Grylls Quotes