Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

Where the mind goes the body will follow.

Almost anything difficult, any challenge takes time, patience, and hard work.

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

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

You can have results or excuses. Not both.

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

If I would have listened to the naysayers, I would still be in the Austrian Alps yodeling.

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

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

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.

Just remember, you can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

If I train the hardest, run the longest, go beyond what anyone else has the mental determination to do, I will be the winner.

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

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

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

If I can see it and believe it, then I can achieve it.

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

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