Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes, Status, and Thoughts

The average man,” explained the late Dr. Ernst Jokl, “loses fifty percent of his muscle mass between the ages of eighteen and sixty-five.

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.

It was a tough movie to make, with lots of stunts and injuries and craziness and night shooting and dust.

Strong on desire but short on smarts, these.

Mass is vital to a bodybuilder’s physique. But it is the shape and the quality of this mass that win contests.

But no matter what you do in life, selling is a part of it.

Love stories are built around people’s idiosyncrasies.

When you hook your feet under a support and lift your torso up in a conventional Sit-Up, you are also using the iliopsoas muscles.

If you don’t believe in yourself, then how will anyone else believe in you?

Always keep in mind that training stimulates growth, but that actual growth takes place while you are resting.

You have to build the ultimate physical machine, but also the ultimate mind.

To be successful, however, you must be brutal with yourself and focus on the flaws.

It’s time now to turn this mush into muscles.

We are always stronger than we know.

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

I went from being the Terminator to being the governator.

I always believed in leaving no stone unturned.

Don’t be afraid to fail. Anything I’ve ever attempted, I was always willing to fail.

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

Trust yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.

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

I've heard all my life that 'this is impossible, you can't make' it and 'you're going to fail' but I didn't listen to them and I made it.

Well, you know, I'm the forever optimist.

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

I think the first and most important thing is that you've got to have a goal and a vision.

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

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

While others were out partying, I was training. While they were out dancing at the clubs, I was training... and training... and training.

I make my protein drink with whiskey. People think I'm crazy, but that's the way I am. I get stoned, I do my own thing.

Political courage is not political suicide.

The facts are there that we have created, man has, a self-inflicted wound that man has created through global warming.

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.

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.

Obviously, I've made statements that were ludicrous and crazy and outrageous and all those things, because that's the way I always was.

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 Arabs are terrorists and Israel is making the world a safer place.Well done Israel.

Luck is for the ill-prepared.

I love Thanksgiving turkey... It's the only time in Los Angeles that you see natural breasts.

If I see a girl with big tits, I'm going to stare and stare. And I'm going to think in my mind what I am going to do with her if I would have her.

Don't be afraid of making decisions.

So let me tell you, as you prepare to go off into the world, remember six rules: Trust yourself, Break some rules, Don't be afraid to fail, Ignore the naysayers, Work like hell, and Give something back.

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

I'm a competitive bodybuilder; I'm not training just to be healthy. Ninety-five percent of the people training with weights are into this health thing, and it's a different mentality entirely.

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 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.

Trust yourself,..dig deep down and ask yourself who you want to be? Not what, but who?

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

I will always stay hungry, never satisfied with current accomplishments.

The key to success? Work hard, stay focused and marry a Kennedy.

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

It doesn't matter what party you come from. The key thing is that you work on behalf of the people rather than on behalf of the party.

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

Every year I make a plan. I do it. It will be done.

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.

Normal people can be happy with a regular life, but there is more to life than just plodding through an average existence.

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

Having a pump is like having sex. I train two, sometimes three times a day. Each time I get a pump. It's great. I feel like I'm coming all day.

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.

Climate change: I say the debate is over. We know the science, we see the threat and we know that the time for action is now

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

It is going to be tough if you look for the easy way out because very rarely is there an easy way out. There is nothing that replaces hard work.

You can have results or excuses. Not both.

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

Dreams are for the dreamers. Goals are for achievers.

I always believed in shooting for the top, and to become an American is like becoming a member of the winning team.

I love it when people say that something can’t be done. That’s when I really get motivated; I like to prove them wrong.

I didn’t mind basic training. It taught me that something that seems impossible at the start can be achieved.

I’m a big believer in hard work, grinding it out, and not stopping until it’s done.

My definition of living is to have excitement always; that’s the difference between living and existing.

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

Your clothes. Give them to me. Now.

The difference between those who adapted and those who didn’t, Gorton said, was a willingness to totally commit.

You’ll get more from being a peacemaker than a warrior.

I have a love interest in every one of my films – a gun.

If it can bleed, we can kill it.

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

I was also going to give a graduation speech in Arizona this weekend. But with my accent, I was afraid they would try to deport me.

Marijuana… That’s not a drug, that’s a plant.

We made, actually, history, because it was the first time ever that doctors could prove that a lifelong Republican has a heart.

None of my rules of success will work unless you do.

I never listened to anyone who said I can’t do something.

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

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

Start wide, expand further, and never look back.

For me, life is about 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 like the color red because it’s a fire. And I see myself as always being on fire.

The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that.

Money doesn’t make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.

Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn’t matter.

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

I don’t walk away from things that I think are unfinished.

Life may be full of pain but that’s not an excuse to give up.

You can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.

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

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.

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.

The more knowledge you have, the more you’re free to rely on your instincts.

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

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

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

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 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.

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.

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

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

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?

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

You have to remember something: Everybody pities the weak; jealousy you have to earn.