Bear Grylls Quotes

“Sometimes it isn’t until we get knocked down that we find which way is up. Sometimes it isn’t until the sky clouds over that we notice the light. And sometimes it isn’t until we lie in the gutter that we begin to see the stars.”
― Bear Grylls, Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“It’s said that for every grain of sand there are a million stars.”
― Bear Grylls

“Like the wise saying goes, “Calm is trust in action.”
― Bear Grylls, Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“It is in the tough times that the object in which we trust is really put to the test.”
― Bear Grylls, Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“Our hunger for the truth shouldn’t prevent us from asking questions. We are designed to explore, probe, and seek knowledge. It is beautiful and heartening when we do so, and our conclusions bring us back to what we naturally feel in our hearts.”
― Bear Grylls, Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“While mountaintops inspire us, life’s valleys mature us. The experience of the mountain can help us see life down below in a new and different way. The good times can help fuel us through the times when life is tough and we have to dig in and get dirty hands and feet.”
― Bear Grylls , Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“Courage isn’t the absence of fear. On the contrary, without fear we cannot truly be courageous. To be brave we must first be afraid.”
― Bear Grylls

“It is interesting how times change but our challenges stay the same. Life still involves struggles, relationships, tests, temptations, difficulties, and battles. How we respond determines so much.”
― Bear Grylls, Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“Laughter, happiness, and joy. These might sound like simple things, but don’t underestimate their power to bring life and light to all around you.”
― Bear Grylls, Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“Sometimes in survival, in life, and in faith, an ember is all we need.”
― Bear Grylls, Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“We don’t need to settle for second best—we can have it all.”
― Bear Grylls, Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“True leaders always give of their love, their time, and themselves in order to serve others.”
― Bear Grylls, Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“It is so tempting to want to write our own rulebook and follow our own appetites in life, but it is actually, and ironically, a surefire way to erode your natural power and influence.”
― Bear Grylls, Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“It takes courage to pray. It takes courage to be vulnerable. It takes courage to bend the knee.”
― Bear Grylls, Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“Don’t paddle too close to the waterfalls. In other words, beware of places and situations that play to your weaknesses. Keep your guard up always.”
― Bear Grylls, Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“Faithful in the storms. That’s the key to growth.”
― Bear Grylls, Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“The great moments in humanity and history have often involved this principle: short-term pain, long-term gain.”
― Bear Grylls

“Trust the process, stay faithful in the storm, and see the long game.”
― Bear Grylls, Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“I’m a bit of an introvert at heart, so stormy seas or lonely mountains cause me less fear than a party full of people clinking glasses.”
― Bear Grylls

“Look up. It’s a lesson I have had to keep relearning.”
― Bear Grylls, Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“When the stage is the biggest, when the pressure is at its greatest, when everything is on the line, these are the moments in which champions deliver.”
― Bear Grylls

“The dawn will come, and we will be found strong.”
― Bear Grylls, Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“Life and the wild have taught me that the tougher path almost always ends up being the most fulfilling one.”
― Bear Grylls, Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“Fear leads to pressure to compete, to make ourselves better than people, to put others down, to hide or overpromote ourselves. We become anxious of missing out and of not doing well enough.”
― Bear Grylls

“If we head off with an inexperienced guide, we will fast find ourselves in unnecessary danger and will make little progress. It is risk for the sake of risk rather than for any purpose. And ultimately we are more likely than not to end up in a ditch somewhere and probably injured.
Conversely, when we find a great guide, when we are ready to work hard and commit to trust that person’s decisions (even when they feel frightening), then we will travel far. Yes, there will be risk and danger, but
we will be in safe hands and heading in a positive direction. And eventually we will reach that mountaintop, together, uninjured, and the place will take our breath away.
That’s the key with life and with faith. Choose your guide wisely.”
― Bear Grylls, Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“Seize the day. Live for the “now” moments of your life; they are a gift—that’s why we call it the present. The time you’re waiting for may never arrive, so live in the moment and—undeterred by fear or failure—keep moving forward.”
― Bear Grylls, Soul Fuel: Daily Devotions to Survive the Adventure of Life

“Why would Yeshua show such honour and respect to a scumbag like Zacchaeus?”
― Bear Grylls, The Greatest Story Ever Told

“And when it comes to fears about what others might think of you… forget them. Don’t flatter yourself that people really care that much. Most people, as a wise man once said, are too busy fighting their own battles to care much for yours.”
― Bear Grylls, Never Give Up

“Does it really matter if I’ve heard of someone before I meet them? The true test of a human being is how they hold themselves and treat others, particularly if they possess fame and success. The great currency of humankind is: are you humble, are you kind, and have you come through a battle to be here?”
― Bear Grylls

“Finally, and most importantly, is realizing that this whole fame stuff isn’t real life. It’s transient and mainly unjustified. And there will come a time when no one will care.”
― Bear Grylls, Never Give Up: My Life in the Wild