A bear can cross a mountain before breakfast, then sleep through an entire winter — and still wake up ready for spring.
Bears have stood for strength, solitude and gentle power in stories, poems and films for centuries, from the forests of the American West to the Hundred Acre Wood.
This collection gathers 66 Bear Quotes on famous sayings, wilderness strength, Winnie the Pooh wisdom, funny lines and short captions, every one checked against its source.
So find your favourite, share it with a fellow bear lover, and let these wild words do the talking.
14 Famous Bear Quotes
The mountains have always been here, and in them, the bears.
Rick Bass
Bears are made of the same dust as we, and breathe the same winds and drink of the same waters. A bear’s days are warmed by the same sun, his dwelling overdomed by the same blue sky, and his life turns and ebbs with heart-pulsings like ours and was poured from the same fountain.
John Muir
Magnificent bears of the Sierra are worthy of their magnificent homes. They are not companions of men, but children of God, and His charity is broad enough for both.
John Muir
There were all kinds of things I was afraid of at first — ranging from grizzly bears to ‘mean’ horses and gun-fighters; but by acting as if I was not afraid, I gradually ceased to be afraid.
Theodore Roosevelt
The best way of being kind to bears is not to be very close to them.
Margaret Atwood
The bear is the enduring symbol of wilderness, the brute force that lies latent in our hearts.
Peter Matthiessen
The grizzly is a symbol of what is right with the world.
Charles Jonkel
The grizzly is a symbol of freedom and understanding.
Frank Craighead
Bears project a mighty physical presence and a capacity for action. They are smart — something that often becomes apparent the moment you come face-to-face with one.
Charles Fergus
Bears keep me humble. They help me to keep the world in perspective and to understand where I fit on the spectrum of life.
Wayne Lynch
So this was her kingdom: an octagonal house, a roomful of books, and a bear.
Marian Engel
The gypsies believe the bear to be a brother to man because he has the same body beneath his hide, because he drinks beer, because he enjoys music and because he likes to dance.
Ernest Hemingway
Oh well, bears will be bears.
Michael Bond
Bears are very nice, as long as you are nice to them.
Karl Lagerfeld
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13 Bear Quotes About Strength & Wilderness
Always respect Mother Nature. Especially when she weighs 400 pounds and is guarding her baby.
James Rollins
In the silence of the wilderness, the bear roams free, a symbol of strength and solitude.
Paul Theroux
A bear teaches us that the wilderness is not a place to fear but a place to find oneself.
David Quammen
The grizzly bear is a symbol of wilderness, a reminder of the untamed beauty of our world.
Douglas H. Chadwick
The bear is a strong yet gentle creature, knowing when to show force and when to show restraint.
Bruce Smith
The bear is the very embodiment of resilience, enduring through harsh winters and rising each spring with renewed strength.
Diane Ackerman
When a pine needle falls in the forest, the eagle sees it; the deer hears it, and the bear smells it.
First Nations Proverb
Bears are masters of survival.
Catherine Lukas
Bears not only make the habitat rich, but they also enrich us just by being.
Linda Jo Hunter
Bears have been known to attack man, although the fact is that fewer people have been killed by bears than in all of World War I and World War II combined.
Peter Gaulke
The bear, he says, is many animals in one. Like a lion, he downs mammals much bigger than he; like any ruminant, he pillages crops; he steals grapes and fruit like a monkey; nibbles on berries like a blackbird; plunders anthills and beehives like a woodpecker; digs up tubers and larvae like a pig; and catches fish with the dexterity of an otter. And he eats honey like a man.
Paolo Rumiz
Haven’t you ever thought of living unconsciously like bears, sniffing the earth, close to pears and the mossy dark, far from human voices and fire?
Nâzım Hikmet
This is a cold, stark world, but to polar bear mothers and cubs, it’s paradise.
Stephen Judson
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13 Winnie the Pooh Bear Quotes
Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.
A.A. Milne
A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.
A.A. Milne
How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.
A.A. Milne
If ever there is tomorrow when we’re not together, there is something you must always remember. You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
Winnie the Pooh
You can’t stay in your corner of the Forest waiting for others to come to you. You have to go to them sometimes.
A.A. Milne
The things that make me different are the things that make me.
Piglet
What I like doing best is Nothing.
A.A. Milne
It is hard to be brave, when you’re only a Very Small Animal.
Piglet
A bear, however hard he tries, grows tubby without exercise.
Winnie the Pooh
I am a Bear of Very Little Brain, and long words Bother me.
Winnie the Pooh
Think, think, think.
Winnie the Pooh
Rivers know this: there is no hurry. We shall get there some day.
A.A. Milne
A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.
Eeyore
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13 Funny Bear Quotes
I’m smarter than the average bear!
Yogi Bear
Be cautious of bears at all times, even when being mauled by a tiger.
Craig Benzine
A bear remains a bear — even when most of him has fallen off or worn away.
Charlotte Gray
Clever bears think of everything.
Randal Case
Polar bears sure have greatcoats.
David Campbell
Anyone who has looked a teddy bear in the face will recognize the friendly twinkle in his knowing look.
Harold Nadolny
If you go down to the woods today, you’re sure of a big surprise.
Jimmy Kennedy
Like, when you kiss him, POW, he gets hit by a bear. Totally not your fault. You shouldn’t feel bad about that. It’s not your bear.
Maggie Stiefvater
Sometimes you eat the bear, and sometimes, well, he eats you.
The Big Lebowski
My spirit animal is a bear. Mostly because I like to sleep for months and eat everything in sight.
Unknown
I’m not lazy, I’m just in hibernation mode.
Unknown
What do you call a bear with no teeth? A gummy bear.
Unknown
Bear with me — I’m having a rough day.
Unknown
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13 Short Bear Quotes & Captions
Bears need people. People need bears.
Margaret Atwood
Stay wild, bear friends.
Unknown
Be brave like a bear.
Unknown
Strong as a bear, gentle as a friend.
Unknown
Hibernate now, shine later.
Unknown
Wild at heart.
Unknown
Bear hugs fix everything.
Unknown
The bear in me says rest.
Unknown
Bears keep the forest honest.
Unknown
A bear’s hug is the warmest place on earth.
Unknown
Growl less, love more.
Unknown
Find your den, rest your soul.
Unknown
Be the bear: calm, strong, unbothered.
Unknown
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Keep the line that spoke to you close, and pass it on to someone who needs a little wild strength today. Bears remind us to be strong when it counts, gentle when it matters, and brave enough to rest.
