Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes - Page 3

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.

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.

Don't be afraid of making decisions.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

Start wide, expand further, and never look back.

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

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.

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.

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.

There is nothing like chess to keep the brain smart, and give it a workout.

Vision creates faith and faith creates willpower.

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

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

The 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.

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

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

I was striving to be the most muscular man, and it got me into the movies. It got me everything that I have.

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

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?