Explore popular quotes and sayings by an Austrian actor Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Last updated on September 11, 2024.
Arnold Alois Schwarzenegger is an Austrian-American actor, film producer, businessman, former bodybuilder and politician who served as the 38th governor of California between 2003 and 2011. As of 2022, he is the most recent Republican governor of California. Time magazine named Schwarzenegger one of the 100 most influential people in the world in 2004 and 2007.
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.
If it bleeds, we can kill it.
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.
Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.
The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.
The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.
I have a love interest in every one of my films: a gun.
In our society, the women who break down barriers are those who ignore limits.
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.
Well, you know, I'm the forever optimist.
I'm not looking for sympathy at all.
Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.
I had this child, and it destroyed my family.
I'm not perfect.
No matter the nationality, no matter the religion, no matter the ethnic background, America brings out the best in people.
I have a private plane. But I fly commercial when I go to environmental conferences.
Political courage is not political suicide.
One of my movies was called 'True Lies.' It's what the Democrats should have called their convention.
I made my fair share of mistakes.
Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.
I saw a woman wearing a sweatshirt with Guess on it. I said, Thyroid problem?
In this country, it doesn't make any difference where you were born. It doesn't make any difference who your parents were. It doesn't make any difference if, like me, you couldn't even speak English until you were in your twenties.
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.
Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.
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.
The future is green energy, sustainability, renewable energy.
I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street.
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.
Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.
I can promise you that when I go to Sacramento, I will pump up Sacramento.
I think that gay marriage should be between a man and a woman.
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.
I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.
Government's first duty and highest obligation is public safety.
Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 100% to your training, diet and mental approach.
For 20 years, Simon & Schuster asked me, 'Why don't you write your autobiography?'
If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.
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.
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.
I was born in Europe... and I've traveled all over the world. I can tell you that there is no place, no country, that is more compassionate, more generous, more accepting, and more welcoming than the United States of America.
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.
Teddy Roosevelt is still a hero among environmentalists for his conservationist policies.
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.
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.
Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.
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.
I'll be back.
I think Americans are very patriotic.
There is no place, no country, more compassionate more generous more accepting and more welcoming than the United States of America.
Start wide, expand further, and never look back.
If my life was a movie, no one would believe it.
If it's hard to remember, it'll be difficult to forget.
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.
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.
I have inhaled, exhaled everything.
Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.
It's simple, if it jiggles, it's fat.
I feel good because I believe I have made progress in rebuilding the people's trust in their government.
My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it.
We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.