Top 84 Quotes by Bear Grylls

Faith is personal if it's to be real.

The special forces gave me the self-confidence to do some extraordinary things in my life. Climbing Everest then cemented my belief in myself.

You only get one chance at life and you have to grab it boldly.

I joined the Army at 19 as a soldier and spent about four and a half years with them. Then I broke my back in a freefall parachuting accident and spent a year in rehabilitation back in the U.K.

I was christened Edward. My sister gave me the name Bear when I was a week old and it has stuck.

It breaks my heart that my father never knew my children. He should have been around for another 25 years.

I don't thrive on stress. I love lying on the deck on our houseboat reading a book.

Being brave isn't the absence of fear. Being brave is having that fear but finding a way through it.

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.

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