Top 400 Quotes & Sayings by Arnold Schwarzenegger - Page 2

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.

I'm sure a lot of people out there make mistakes.

I went from being the Terminator to being the governator.

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.

I would never exchange my life with anybody else's.

People need to be insured so when you have an accident out there, or when something catastrophic happens to you, that you're covered and there's not someone else has to pay for you. That is as simple as that.

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.

Well, I think that California has had a history of always spending more money than it takes in.

People should make up their own mind about what they think of me.

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.

It's time to stop thinking of the Republican Party as an exclusive club where your ideological card is checked at the door, and start thinking about how we can attract more solution-based leaders like Nathan Fletcher and Anthony Adams.

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.

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.

As president, Reagan worked very well with Democrats to do big things. It is true that he worked to reduce the size of government and cut federal taxes and he eliminated many regulations, but he also raised taxes when necessary.

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

I am the most helpful and open up doors for everyone and I like to share.

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.

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

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

Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.

I have plenty of money, unlike other Hollywood celebrities or athletes that have not invested well.

I think that people are interested seeing me on the screen.

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

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.

Freedom is a right ultimately defended by the sacrifice of America's servicemen and women.

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.

I told Warren if he mentions Prop. 13 one more time, he has to do 500 push-ups.

Maria is the best reason to come home.

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

'I'll be back' always sounded a little girly to me.

Even with my divorce and with everything, I don't need money.

What's fascinating is, people in Washington would rather spend time in Hollywood, and people in Hollywood would rather spend time in Washington.

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

I don't suffer of anything that I've lost.

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.

Politically there were failures. And also on the personal level, there were tremendous failures.

"With my desire and drive, I definitely wasn't normal. Normal people can be happy with a regular life. I was different. I felt there was more to life than plodding through a normal existence. I'd always been impressed by stories of greatness and power. I wanted to do something special, to be recognized as the best. I saw bodybuilding as the vehicle that would take me to the top, and I put all my energy into it.

The greatest feeling you can get in a gym, or the most satisfying feeling you can get in the gym is... The Pump.

Concentrate on your goals. Do not allow other thoughts to enter your mind. If you allow them to, other things could take your concentration away from your ultimate aim.

Pain makes me grow. Growing is what I want. Therefore, for me pain is pleasure.

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

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

Good things don't happen by coincidence. Every dream carries with it certain risks, especially the risk of failure. But I am not stopped by risks. Supposed a great person takes the risk and fails. Then the person must try again. You cannot fail forever. If you try ten times, you have a better chance of making it on the eleventh try than if you didn't try at all.

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

Never follow the crowd. Go where it's empty.

When your vision is powerful enough, everything else falls into place: how you live your life, your workouts, what friends you choose to hang out with, how you eat, what you do for fun. Vision is purpose, and when your purpose is clear, so are your life choices. Vision creates faith and faith creates willpower. With faith, there is no anxiety, no doubt - just absolute confidence.

The mind is incredible. Once you've gained mastery over it, channeling its powers positively for your purposes, you can do anything. I mean anything. The secret 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. "I can't..." should be permanently stricken from your vocabulary, especially the vocabulary of your thoughts. You must see yourself always growing and improving.

You can have results or excuses. Not both.

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.

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

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.

I believe in the philosophy of staying hungry. If you have a dream and it becomes a reality, don't stay satisfied too long. Make up a new dream and hunt after that one and turn it into a reality.

The mind always fails first, not the body. The secret is to make your mind work for you, not against you.

Confidence comes from victory, but strength comes from the struggle.

The wolf on the hill is not as hungry as the wolf climbing the hill.

If you are gonna wear gloves when you lift, just make sure they match your purse.

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

You must see it. You must believe it. And then you must never stop working to make it happen.

For me, life is about continuously being hungry. It's meaning is not simply to just exist or to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer. Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength. We all have great power. That 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.

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.