Arnold Schwarzenegger is considered to be one of the greatest bodybuilders of all time. He began training with weights when he was 15 years old and went on to win the Mr. Universe title when just 20. There followed a remarkable career in bodybuilding, but Arnie was not content with that.
His drive and ambition took him into acting, and he became the wealthiest Hollywood superstar. Reaching the top in two different fields was not enough for him. In 2003 he entered politics and became the 38th Governor of California. He served two terms and then returned to his acting career.
As a young man in his homeland of Austria, Arnie was renowned for his dedication to bodybuilding. He trained relentlessly, and this single-minded approach worked. He soon had a clutch of bodybuilding awards and titles to his name. He dreamed of success and worked hard to attain the impressive physique that put him at the top of his sport.
Arnie, however, nurtured two other dreams. One was emigration to the USA. The second was to become an actor. His aim, though, was not just to be an actor – he had to be the most successful actor in Hollywood! Nothing less would satisfy him.
In 1968, Arnie’s first dream was realized when he moved to the USA, settling in California. He was 21, spoke little English but brought with him an unquenchable thirst for success. In 1970 he won the first of his Mr. Olympia titles in New York, becoming the youngest bodybuilder to do so. That same year he starred in his first film.
In 1975 Arnie retired from bodybuilding to concentrate on his acting career. Again, his single-mindedness in pursuing his ambition has seen him star in a long list of box-office successes. He made a brief comeback in 1980 but essentially devoted himself to film making.
Arnold Schwarzenegger has enjoyed three successful careers, and he hasn’t finished yet. There is every chance that he will act in films again in the future. He credits his success to his attitude to life. This is because he is supremely confident and willing to take risks. Failure is not an option for Arnie. He sees failure as another opportunity to be tackled on the road to success.
Arnie believes that the struggle every one of us experiences when chasing success will make us stronger. Strength comes from fighting back against those who want you to fail, or believe you will inevitably fail. Show those who have no faith in you by developing unshakeable confidence in your own abilities. If you believe you will succeed, then you are on your way. Keep on believing, and nothing will stop you.
Arnold Schwarzenegger Inspirational Quotes
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.
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Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.
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The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.
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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.
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If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.
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I like the color red because it’s a fire. And I see myself as always being on fire.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Bodybuilding Quotes
Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.
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I was always dreaming about very powerful people – dictators and things like that. I was just always impressed by people who could be remembered for hundreds of years, or even, like Jesus, be for thousands of years remembered.
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For me, life is about 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.
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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.
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I never listen that you can’t.
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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
The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.
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In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.
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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
The difference between those who adapted and those who didn’t, Gorton said, was a willingness to totally commit.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
You can scream at me, call me for a shoot at midnight, keep me waiting for hours – as long as what ends up on the screen is perfect.
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You can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.
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Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn’t matter.
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I never listened to anyone who said I can’t do something.
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Start wide, expand further, and never look back.
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None of my rules of success will work unless you do.
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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.
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My fellow Americans, this is an amazing moment for me. To think that a once scrawny boy from Austria could grow up to become Governor of California and stand in Madison Square Garden to speak on behalf of the President of the United States that is an immigrant’s dream. It is the American dream.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn’t matter.
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We made, actually, history, because it was the first time ever that doctors could prove that a lifelong Republican has a heart.
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Famous Arnold Schwarzenegger Movie Quotes
If my life was a movie, no one would believe it.
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Marijuana… That’s not a drug, that’s a plant.
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You’ll get more from being a peacemaker than a warrior.
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
When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else?
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Stop whining.
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Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.
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Well, you know, I’m the forever optimist.
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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?
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There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps.
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While 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.
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I was also going to give a graduation speech in Arizona this weekend. But with my accent, I was afraid they would try to deport me.
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The more knowledge you have, the more you’re free to rely on your instincts.
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If it can bleed, we can kill it.
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Arnold Schwarzenegger Workout Quotes
The last 3 or 4 reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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%.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
I have a love interest in every one of my films – a gun.
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When you think you can’t, you better convince yourself you can and push harder.
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The 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.
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Never look back.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
You’ll get more from being a peacemaker than a warrior.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
Don’t be afraid to fail.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
it’s not what you get out of life that counts. Break your mirrors! In our society that is so self-absorbed, begin to look less at yourself and more at each other. you’ll get more satisfaction from having improved your neighborhood, your town, your state, your country, and your fellow human beings than you’ll ever get from your muscles, your figure, your automobile, your house, or your credit rating.
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Don’t listen to the naysayers.
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All I know is that the first step is to create a vision, because when you see the vision – the beautiful vision – that creates the want power.
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Stay hungry, stay healthy, be a gentleman, believe strongly in yourself and go beyond limitations.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
The difference between those who adapted and those who didn’t, Gorton said, was a willingness to totally commit.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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.
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Your clothes. Give them to me. Now.
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To be successful, however, you must be brutal with yourself and focus on the flaws.
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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.
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But I was wild only when I was wild. When it was time to train, I never missed a session.
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If you don’t find the time, if you don’t do the work, you don’t get the results.
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You can have the greatest movie in the world, but if you don’t get it out there, if people don’t know about it, you have nothing.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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.
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If you don’t believe in yourself, then how will anyone else believe in you?
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Rest, let your body relax and grow. Work up gradually and don’t blow it. Sometimes you can do so much your mind gets sick of it. Remember what I said earlier: Keep your mind hungry. People have a tendency to overdo things at first and then sluff off.
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My definition of living is to have excitement always; there’s a difference between living and existing.
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Whenever I finished filming a movie, I felt my job was only half done. Every film had to be nurtured in the marketplace. You can have the greatest movie in the world, but if you don’t get it out there, if people don’t know about it, you have nothing.
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Money doesn’t make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.
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When the boys come, instead of buying Barbie dolls, all of a sudden you’re into trucks and remote controls, cars and tanks. You buy building blocks and build castles and locomotives. You get into knives and later take them shooting with pistols, shotguns, and rifles. All of which made me very happy.
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I would never exchange my life with anybody else’s.
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More Famous Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes
It took many months in court, but the tabloid eventually published a total retraction and paid substantial damages in an out-of-court settlement. The money went to the Special Olympics in Great Britain.
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I don’t suffer of anything that I’ve lost.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
I was striving to be the most muscular man, and it got me into the movies. It got me everything that I have.
Arnold Schwarzenegger
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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Life may be full of pain but that’s not an excuse to give up.
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The pain you feel today will be the strength you feel tomorrow.
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Reading the Arnold Schwarzenegger quotes below show you just how strong his belief in his abilities is. That, to him, is a vital element in achieving success. Each of us has that same capacity for self-belief, and we must nurture it and expand it if we are to be successful.
Try new things, explore new ventures, and take risks, and the rewards will be spectacular. If you put in the effort, then you deserve the prizes. Read the quotes and be convinced that you are unbeatable.
