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

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

Start wide, expand further, and never look back.

It's simple, if it jiggles, it's fat.

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

The future is green energy, sustainability, renewable energy.

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

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.

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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 have a private plane. But I fly commercial when I go to environmental conferences.

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.

Political courage is not political suicide.

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

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.

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 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.

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.

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.

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.

If it bleeds, we can kill it.

I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

Where the mind goes the body will follow.

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.

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.

The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.

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.

Strength does not come from winning. Your struggles develop your strengths. When you go through hardships and decide not to surrender, that is strength.