Best quotes by Arnold Schwarzenegger

JealousyYou have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.

Los AngelesI love Thanksgiving turkey... It's the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts.

FailuresConfidenceFearLook for small victories and build on that. Each small victory, even if it is just getting up five minutes earlier, gives you confidence. You realize that these little victories make you feel great, and you keep going. You realize that being paralyzed by fear of failure is worse than failure.

BodybuildingTrainingExperiencing this pain in my muscles and aching and going on and on is my challenge. The last three or four reps is what makes the muscles grow. This area of pain divides a champion from someone 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. I have no fear of fainting. I do squats until I fall over and pass out. So what? It's not going to kill me. I wake up five minutes later and I'm OK. A lot of other athletes are afraid of this. So they don't pass out. They don't go on.

BodybuildingThere are bodybuilders who are afraid of indulging in sex or even of playing other sports for fear of harming their bodies. I think that's silly. What's the use of building your body if you don't use it?

FearYou can't be paralyzed by fear of failure or you will never push yourself.

MarriageI think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.

MarriageIt is unconstitutional to deny people, gay or lesbian couples, the right to marriage. Everyone has equal rights so this is the right way to go. I think it's a great celebration for America.

MarriagePolitics is not really different from marriage. You cannot get things done in your relationship if you tell your wife: Look, if you haven't made the bed and if you don't get the food on the table, I will go and just hire someone and you will become irrelevant. That is not how you make a marriage work.

BodybuildingArtI'd always wanted to tell people that when I work on my body I'm thinking about classical sculpture, so I jumped at the chance to show off body building as an art form.

WomanWomen are the engine driving the growth in California's economy. Women make California's economy unique.

DrivingThe better you get, the less you run around showing off as a muscle guy. You know, you wear regular shirts-not always trying to show off what you have. You talk less about it. It's like you have a little BMW - you want to race the hell out of this car, because you know it's just going 110. But if you see guys driving a Ferrari or a Lamborghini, they slide around at 60 on the freeway because they know if they press on that accelerator they are going to go 170. These things are the same in every field.

ConfidenceConfidence comes from victory, but strength comes from the struggle.

GoalsConfidenceWhen your vision is powerful enough, everything else falls into place: how you live your life, your workouts, what friends you choose to hang out with, how you eat, what you do for fun. Vision is purpose, and when your purpose is clear, so are your life choices. Vision creates faith and faith creates willpower. With faith, there is no anxiety, no doubt - just absolute confidence.

SuccessMotivationConfidenceThe secret is contained in a three-part formula I learned in the gym: self confidence, a positive mental attitude, and honest hard work.

ConfidenceVision creates faith and faith creates willpower. With faith there is no anxiety and no doubt - just absolute confidence in yourself.

ConfidenceSelf-confidence is something caught and not taught. And, risk-running and chance-taking are the only ways to catch it.

ConfidenceThe secret is contained in a three-part formula I learned in the gym: self confidence, a positive mental attitude, and honest hard work. Many people are aware of these principles, but very few can put them into practice. Every day I hear someone say, 'I'm to fat. I need to lose twenty-five pounds, but I can't. I never seem to improve.' I'd hate myself if I had that kind of attitude, if I were that weak. I can lose ten to forty pounds rapidly, easily, painlessly, by simply setting my mind to it.

MotivationFailuresBodybuildingJust like in bodybuilding, failure is also a necessary experience for growth in our own lives, for if we're never tested to our limits, how will we know how strong we really are? How will we ever grow?

Bodybuilding"With my desire and drive, I definitely wasn't normal. Normal people can be happy with a regular life. I was different. I felt there was more to life than plodding through a normal existence. I'd always been impressed by stories of greatness and power. I wanted to do something special, to be recognized as the best. I saw bodybuilding as the vehicle that would take me to the top, and I put all my energy into it.

BodybuildingFrom the bodybuilding days on, I learned that everything is reps and mileage. The more miles you ski, the better a skier you become; the more reps you do, the better your body.

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

BodybuildingActing workActors about themselvesI didn't leave bodybuilding until I felt that I had gone as far as I could go. It will be the same with my film career. When I feel the time is right, I will then consider public service. I feel that the highest honor comes from serving people and your country.

BodybuildingThere's one thing that I've liked over the years when I've promoted bodybuilding and fitness and my movies and politics and issues and so on is to stay focused.

DivorceEven with my divorce and with everything, I don't need money.

BodybuildingThe unique thing about bodybuilding is that when I compete it is just me on a stage alone. There is no field, no bat, no ball, no skis, no skates. All other athletes have to use equipment, like a football. But I don't use anything in competition except myself. It's just me up there. Me alone. No coach. No nothing.

SuccessBodybuildingFreedomThe success I have achieved in bodybuilding, motion pictures, and business would not have been possible without the generosity of the American people and the freedom here to pursue your dreams.

FreedomFreedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women.

You can have results or excuses. Not both.

You must see it. You must believe it. And then you must never stop working to make it happen.

Pain makes me grow. Growing is what I want. Therefore, for me pain is pleasure.

The wolf on the hill is not as hungry as the wolf climbing the hill.

If you are gonna wear gloves when you lift, just make sure they match your purse.

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

Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

The mind is incredible. Once you've gained mastery over it, channeling its powers positively for your purposes, you can do anything. I mean anything. The secret is to make your mind work for you not against you. This means constantly being positive. Constantly setting up challenges you can meet either today, next week, or next month. "I can't..." should be permanently stricken from your vocabulary, especially the vocabulary of your thoughts. You must see yourself always growing and improving.

Never follow the crowd. Go where it's empty.

If I train the hardest, run the longest, go beyond what anyone else has the mental determination to do, I will be the winner.

If you don’t find the time, if you don’t do the work, you don’t get the results.

The greatest feeling you can get in a gym, or the most satisfying feeling you can get in the gym is... The Pump.

For me, life is about continuously being hungry. It's meaning is not simply to just exist or to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer. Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. We all have great power. That power is self-faith. There's really an attitude to winning. You have to see yourself winning before you win. And you have to be hungry. You have to want to conquer.

Create a vision of who you want to be, and then live into that picture as if it were already true.

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

The Body Is Very Important, But The Mind Is MORE Important Than The Body

With strength and determination you can do anything you want in life, as long as you believe in yourself, because if you don't, no one else will.

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

The pain that you hold is yours. There is not a single pain quite like it. Nobody else on God's green earth can feel this pain, or have the indescribable feeling of pride you will have when you overcome it. This pain is not your curse; this pain is your privilege.

Concentrate on your goals. Do not allow other thoughts to enter your mind. If you allow them to, other things could take your concentration away from your ultimate aim.

Good things don't happen by coincidence. Every dream carries with it certain risks, especially the risk of failure. But I am not stopped by risks. Supposed a great person takes the risk and fails. Then the person must try again. You cannot fail forever. If you try ten times, you have a better chance of making it on the eleventh try than if you didn't try at all.

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

When you’re out there partying, horsing around, someone out there at the same time is working hard. Someone is getting smarter and someone is winning. Just remember that.

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.

There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps.

You cannot get tired if you're interested in what you do. That's the key thing.

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.

The mind always fails first, not the body. The secret is to make your mind work for you, not against you.

Desire something and don't just care what you have to go through to get it.

It is going to be tough if you look for the easy way out because very rarely is there an easy way out. There is nothing that replaces hard work.

Always have one possibility in mind and that is to go to the top, to be the best. Everything else should just be a means to that end.

The secret of success is to make your mind work for you - not against you. This means constantly being positive, constantly setting up challenges you can meet - either today, next week, or next month etc.

If you want to be a champion you cannot have any kind of an outside negative force coming in to deflect you.

Don't be afraid to fail. Anything that I've ever attempted I was always willing to fail. You can't always win, but don't be afraid of making decisions.

If I can see it and believe it, then I can achieve it.

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.

When I was 15 years old I felt totally confident I would become a world champion and the greatest bodybuilder in the world. The same was true of show business - I knew that one day I would make more money than anyone else in the industry and I did. For that you need the willingness to work and do everything it takes to make the vision turn into reality.

I believe in the philosophy of staying hungry. If you have a dream and it becomes a reality, don't stay satisfied too long. Make up a new dream and hunt after that one and turn it into a reality.

What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else?

I will always stay hungry, never satisfied with current accomplishments.

Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.

Be hungry for success, hungry to make your mark, hungry to be seen and to be heard and to have an effect. And as you move up and become successful, make sure also to be hungry for helping others.

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

Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner.

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

You have to fight, you have to have courage for what you really want

I think that the only way that you really keep it a secret is by not telling anyone.