110+ Arnold Schwarzenegger's Top Quotes on Success, Determination, and Wisdom on Success

Arnold Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American actor, filmmaker, businessman, investor, author, philanthropist, activist, politician, and former professional bodybuilder. He is best known for his action films, including The Terminator, Commando, and Predator. He served as the 38th Governor of California from 2003 to 2011. Following is our collection on famous quotes by Arnold Schwarzenegger on success, bodybuilding, vision.

Top 10 Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

1. Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
2. 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.
3. You can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.
4. The mind always fail first, not the body. The secret is to make your mind work for you, not against you.
5. Posing is a performing art.
6. Pain makes me grow. Growing is what I want. Therefore, for me pain is pleasure.
7. You can have results or excuses. Not both.
8. The greatest feeling you can get in a gym, or the most satisfying feeling you can get in the gym is... The Pump.
9. Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.
10. Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Image Quotes

You can have results or excuses. Not both. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

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

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

Arnold Schwarzenegger Short Quotes

• If you are gonna wear gloves when you lift, just make sure they match your purse.
• The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.
• You must see it. You must believe it. And then you must never stop working to make it happen.
• In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.
• Trust yourself,..dig deep down and ask yourself who you want to be? Not what, but who?
• I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento, I will pump up Sacramento.
• The best activities for your health are pumping and humping.
• My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it.
• I love Thanksgiving turkey... It's the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts.
• If I would have listened to the naysayers, I would still be in the Austrian Alps yodeling.

Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes About Success

My definition of a sport is that it's a physical activity that involves competition. Since bodybuilders certainly train and then compete, we are certainly a sport. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Stay hungry, stay healthy, be a gentleman, believe strongly in yourself and go beyond limitations. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

The 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. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

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. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent. — 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. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes About Bodybuilding

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 — Arnold Schwarzenegger

The general definition of being muscle-bound is that you have so many muscles that you can't move freely. I don't know of any bodybuilder in that category; in fact, many of them are quite active in other sports. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Bodybuilders and fitness people have been using chiropractic very extensively in order to stay healthy and fit. I found it was better to go to a chiropractor before you get injured. We are a perfect team, the world of fitness and the world of chiropractors. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

From 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. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Experiencing pain in your muscles and aching, that's what makes the muscle grow. and that divides one from being a champion and one from not being a champion. If you can go through this pain barrier, you may get to be a champion. If You can't go through it, forget it. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

I 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. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Vision creates faith and faith creates willpower. With faith there is no anxiety and no doubt - just absolute confidence in yourself. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes About Vision

I can zero in on a vision of where I want to be in the future. I can see it so clearly in front of me, when I daydream, it's almost a reality. Then I get this easy feeling, and I don't have to be uptight to get there because I already feel like I'm there, that it's just a matter of time. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Vision creates faith and faith creates willpower. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

You keep pushing because you believe in yourself and in your vision and you know that it is the right thing to do, and success will come. So don't be afraid to fail! — Arnold Schwarzenegger

You've got to believe in yourself, you've got to have a very clear vision, and you've got have the fire in the belly and go out and not be shy with working because it takes a lot of work. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

It all comes from the mind. I've seen the most incredible success stories because a person had a dream and it was so powerful no one could touch it. He'd feel it, believe it, think about it all day and night. That would inspire him to do things necessary to get the results he wanted. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

No matter what you do, you first have to have a vision... to see your goal, to believe in it, have faith in it and chase it. And then it's fun to chase it. If you don't have a goal or a vision, then you have nothing. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I think the first and most important thing is that you've got to have a goal and a vision. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

I had a clear vision of myself winning the Mr. Universe contest. It was a very spiritual thing, in a way, because I had such faith in the route, the path, that there was never a question in my mind that I would make it. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes About Life

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

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. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

If my life was a movie, no one would believe it. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Normal people can be happy with a regular life, but there is more to life than just plodding through an average existence. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

We all have great inner power. The 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. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

He led the state through a budget crisis, natural disasters, and political turmoil, working across party lines for a better environment, election reforms, and bipartisan solutions. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Within ten years, he had earned his college degree and was a millionaire from his business enterprises in real estate, landscaping, and bodybuilding. He was also the winner of a Golden Globe Award for his debut as a dramatic actor in Stay Hungry. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Within five years, he had learned English and become the greatest bodybuilder in the world. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Through discipline, and determination one can change anything and everything about him - his habits, his outlook on life — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes About Being Useful

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

I know a lot of athletes and models are written off as just bodies. I never felt used for my body. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

There 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? — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Discipline is what you use when you don't want to do something, when you have to force yourself. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I found the best way is to use Chiropractors, not only after injury, but also before injury. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes About Action

I think actions speak louder than words. You can do all the hyping you want. It doesn't mean anything. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

The message I am trying to get across is exactly this: Protecting the environment does not require us to be against large SUVs or trucks. Instead we should develop technology to cut down greenhouse gas emissions because that is where the action is - it's not about what the size of the car is. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I came to Hollywood and within a decade I was one of the biggest action stars of all time. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Climate change: I say the debate is over. We know the science, we see the threat and we know that the time for action is now — Arnold Schwarzenegger

If I can sell tickets to my movies like Red Sonja or Last Action Hero, you know I can sell just about anything. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes About People

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

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

People who say "it is impossible", should not interrupt those who are trying to make it possible. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. People need somebody to watch over them. Ninety-five percent of the people in the world need to be told what to do and how to behave. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I'm a competitive bodybuilder; I'm not training just to be healthy. Ninety-five percent of the people training with weights are into this health thing, and it's a different mentality entirely. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

If you have the attitude of a young person and you work like a young person and you keep your body in shape, and if you believe that you can do it, then you can actually make other people also believe that you can do it. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I speak directly to the people, and I know that the people of California want to have better leadership. They want to have great leadership. They want to have somebody that will represent them. And it doesn't matter if you're a Democrat or a Republican, young or old. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

It doesn't matter what party you come from. The key thing is that you work on behalf of the people rather than on behalf of the party. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

When the people become involved in their government, government becomes more accountable, and our society is stronger, more compassionate, and better prepared for the challenges of the future. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes About Made

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

Obviously, I've made statements that were ludicrous and crazy and outrageous and all those things, because that's the way I always was. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

My friend James Cameron and I made three films together - True Lies, The Terminator and Terminator 2. Of course, that was during his early, low-budget, art-house period. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

When you campaign and have to participate in so many debates just to the win the nomination of your party, you've had a lot of practice. You get to figure out as you go from one debate to another where you made your mistakes. By the time you get to the big debate you're pretty polished. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

We made, actually, history, because it was the first time ever that doctors could prove that a lifelong Republican has a heart. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I don't understand how they can call me anti-Latino, when I've made four movies in Mexico. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I've heard all my life that 'this is impossible, you can't make' it and 'you're going to fail' but I didn't listen to them and I made it. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Mistakes are made in every other human endeavor. Why should nuclear weapons be exempt? — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I made my fair share of mistakes. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes About California

Women are the engine driving the growth in California's economy. Women make California's economy unique. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

The percentage of gays is the same, probably, as anywhere. Most bodybuilders are straight, regular street guys, though a lot aren't serious. Many in California are punks, beach bums just lying around in the sun and maybe collecting unemployment. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

The forest fires are the worst disaster in California since I was elected. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

The biggest problem that we have is that California is being run now by special interests. All of the politicians are not anymore making the moves for the people, but for special interests and we have to stop that. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

And you know something, because everything that I've gotten - my career, my money, my family; everything that I've gotten and achieved is because of California. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

It's the most important decision I've had to make since 1978 when I decided to get abikini wax. [On his running for California Governor] — Arnold Schwarzenegger

We have to make sure everyone in California has a great job. A fantastic job! — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I've seen firsthand coming here with empty pockets but full of dreams, full of desire, full of will to succeed, but with the opportunities that I had, I could make it. This is why we have to get back and bring California back to where it once was. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Bodybuilders party a lot, and once, in Gold’s - the gym in Venice, California, where all the top guys train - there was a black girl who came out naked. Everybody jumped on her and took her upstairs, where we all got together. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

And now, of course this is another thing I didn't count on, that now as the governor of the state of California, I am selling California worldwide. You see that? Selling. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Arnold Schwarzenegger Famous Quotes And Sayings

You can have results or excuses. Not both. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

I am a big believer in education, because when I grew up in Austria - when I grew up in Austria I had a great education. I had great teachers. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

There are some girls who are turned on by my body, and some others who are turned off. but for the majority i just use it as a conversation piece. like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd street would have a natural conversation piece. then when they get to talking to me they see i am not mean but gentle to them and thats all they want to know — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I never set limits or created mental barriers. You may have read that I imagined my biceps as big as mountain peaks when I did my curling exercises. This visualization process was essential if I was to gain the kind of mass and size I needed to win the mr Olympia contest against monsters like Sergio Olivia and Lou ferrigno. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

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 the state of California and then stand here... then stand here in Madison Square Garden and speak on behalf of the president of the United States - that is an immigrant's dream. It is the American dream. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

So let me tell you, as you prepare to go off into the world, remember six rules: Trust yourself, Break some rules, Don't be afraid to fail, Ignore the naysayers, Work like hell, and Give something back. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I have to say that the judges and our judiciary system makes better decisions than the politicians. — 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. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I like the color red because it's a fire. And I see myself as always being on fire. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Look 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. — 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 percent. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

The facts are there that we have created, man has, a self-inflicted wound that man has created through global warming. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

If I can see it and believe it, then I can achieve it. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I have a love interest in every one of my films: a gun. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

You can't be paralyzed by fear of failure or you will never push yourself. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

My only rule is to keep moving, for a pump and cardio at the same time. Rest as little as possible. After an hour, you will feel fantastic and your muscles won't know what hit them. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Most bodybuilders only have a hazy notion of what they want to look like. They do not say, 'I am going to be a winner.' The negative impulses around the gym can be incredible. I would hear bodybuilders complaining, 'Oh,no! Not another set!' That destroyed them. I have always believed that if you're training for nothing, you're wasting your effort! — Arnold Schwarzenegger

The future is green energy, sustainability, renewable energy. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

As governor I have seen the tremendous changes over the last few years; the amount of land that we have lost, the trees that we have lost, the homes that we have lost, lives that have been lost, and it is due to a large extent to global warming. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Kids nowadays...tend to go overboard [on] protein - something I believe to be totally unnecsssary...[I state in] my formula for basic good eating: Eat about one gram of protein for every two pounds of body weight. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

That is not a drug. It's a leaf. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Gray Davis can run a dirty campaign better than anyone, but he can't run a state. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

The 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. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Having a pump is like having sex. I train two, sometimes three times a day. Each time I get a pump. It's great. I feel like I'm coming all day. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

I heard Nixon speak. He was talking about free enterprise, getting the government off your back, lowering the taxes and strengthening the military. Listening to Nixon speak sounded more like a breath of fresh air. I said to my friend, I said, "What party is he?" My friend said, "He's a Republican." I said, "Then I am a Republican." — Arnold Schwarzenegger

You have to think outside the box. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

What drove me to become the world's greatest bodybuilder is no different from what drives other athletes to become great tennis players or boxers or jockeys. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

It's simple, if it jiggles, it's fat. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Political courage is not political suicide. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I do the same exercises I did 50 years ago and they still work. I eat the same food I ate 50 years ago and it still works. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

On the way up here to the podium, a gentleman came up to me and said, "Governor, you are as good a politician as you were an actor." What a cheap shot. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

You can't tell a kid that it's time to exercise; that's a turn-off...you have to say 'Let's go to the park and have some fun.' Then you get them to do some running, play on the swings, practice on the balance beam, basically get a full workout disguised as play. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

It is impossible to be a maverick or a true original if you're too well behaved and don't want to break the rules. You have to think outside the box. That's what I believe. After all, what is the point of being on this earth if all you want to do is be liked by everyone and avoid trouble? — 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

My relationship to power and authority is that I'm all for it. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

If it's hard to remember, it'll be difficult to forget. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I believe with all my heart that America remains 'the great idea' that inspires the world. It is a privilege to be born here. It is an honor to become a citizen here. It is a gift to raise your family here, to vote here, and to live here. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I'm addicted to exercising and I have to do something every day. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

The writing is important, but the way you say the line and the pause you give it, the facial expression - all of that is very important. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

If you're in touch with your body, you certainly have an enormous sexual advantage. The mind-body connection is the same in sex as it is in training. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

We have to show leadership in protecting our environment so that we have a future for our children and grandchildren. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

Life Lessons by Arnold Schwarzenegger

1. Arnold Schwarzenegger has taught us that hard work and dedication are the keys to success. He has also demonstrated the power of setting goals and staying focused on achieving them.
2. He has also shown us the importance of staying humble and never giving up, even in the face of adversity.
3. Lastly, he has shown us the importance of leading a balanced life, as he has managed to maintain a successful career while still making time for his family and personal interests.