Quotes by Arnold Schwarzenegger

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Courage

For me life is continuously being hungry. The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Success

I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, Thyroid problem?

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Wisdom

Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Success

It's simple, if it jiggles, it's fat.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Wisdom

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Life

The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Wisdom

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.

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Wisdom

Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Life

What we face may look insurmountable. But I learned something from all those years of training and competing. I learned something from all those sets and reps when I didn't think I could lift another ounce of weight. What I learned is that we are always stronger than we know.

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Education

The future is green energy, sustainability, renewable energy.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Hope

The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Wisdom

Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Wisdom

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

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Wisdom

Start wide, expand further, and never look back.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Wisdom

Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Wisdom

My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Wisdom

I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Hope

As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long.

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Wisdom

I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street.

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Wisdom

As you know, I'm an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here today, is the open arms of Americans. I have been received. I have been adopted by America.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Wisdom

In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Wisdom

Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Education

My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession.

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Success