1. 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

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

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

4. Early to bed, early to rise, work like hell, and advertise.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

5. 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

6. If you want to turn a vision into reality, you have to give 100% and never stop believing in your dream.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

7. I’ll Be Back.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

8. Put that cookie down! Now!

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

9. 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.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

10. What killed the dinosaurs? The ICE AGE!

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

11. To be successful, however, you must be brutal with yourself and focus on the flaws.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

12. My definition of living is to have excitement always; that’s the difference between living and existing.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

13. I don’t like being comfortable.? Once you get used to it, it’s hard to give up.? I’d rather stay hungry.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

15. I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things. People will say that kind of thinking is totally immodest. I agree. Modesty is not a word that applies to me in any way. I hope it never will.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

16. I will totally recall Gray Davis!

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

17. I love it when people say that something can’t be done. That’s when I really get motivated; I like to prove them wrong.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

18. You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

19. I’m a big believer in hard work, grinding it out, and not stopping until it’s done.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

21. You must have a sincere and burning desire to achieve what you dream, dedicate yourself to making progress, and take control of your circumstances to change your body.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

22. If you don’t have a goal, if you don’t have a vision, you’ll just drift around.? And you’re not going to be happy.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

23. Work your a– off.? There is no magic pill.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

25. 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

26. Just 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?

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

28. Don’t go where it’s crowded. Go where it’s empty. Even though it’s harder to get there, that’s where you belong and where there’s less competition.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

29. Have a vision, trust yourself, break some rules, ignore the naysayers, don’t be afraid to fail.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

30. 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.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

31. I’m addicted to exercising and I have to do something every day.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

32. I went from being the Terminator to being the governator.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

33. 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

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

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

35. I like the color red because it’s a fire. And I see myself as always being on fire.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

36. If it bleeds, we can kill it.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

37. You have to build the ultimate physical machine, but also the ultimate mind.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

38. Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

39. Well, you know, I’m the forever optimist.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

40. I need your clothes, your boots, and your motorcycle.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

41. 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

42. 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

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

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

44. The more knowledge you have, the more you’re free to rely on your instincts.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

45. No matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

46. Forget plan B. To test yourself and grow, you have to operate without a safety net.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

47. You can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

48. If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

49. 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.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

50. You’ve been erased.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

51. What is not okay, is when you fail you stay down.? Whoever stays down is a loser.

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

- Arnold Schwarzenegger

54. 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