Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

“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.”

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

“Life's six rules for success. 1. Trust yourself. 2. Break some rules. 3. Don't be afraid to fail. 4. Ignore the naysayers. 5. Work like hell. 6. Give something back.”

“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.”

“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 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.”

“Start wide, expand further, and never look back.”

“If you work hard and play by the rules, this country is truly open to you. You can achieve anything.”

“Marijuana... That's not a drug, that's a plant.”

“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.”

“I'm not guaranteeing anybody anything. What I'm doing is saying: Look, everyone that I've talked with, that I've helped and reached out to, they learned from me the sky's the limit. If you fail, fuck it. It's not the end of the world.”

“In 2005, the special election, I took the wrong approach in trying to do these things. But in my failure, I rediscovered my original purpose.”

“I went home and I put his photo above my bed to inspire me when I started lifting weights. My father told me to take down that picture and to find a German or an Austrian hero. He got really angry and we argued back and forth. But I did not take the photograph down. No. Because it didn't matter to me what flag Yuri Vlasov carried.”

“You can call me Arnold. You can call me Schwarzenegger. You can call me the Austrian Oak. You can call me Schwarzy. You can call me Arnie. But don't ever, ever call me the self-made man.”

“I'm most proud that I was smart enough to immigrate to the greatest country in the world where I could accomplish all of my dreams. I'm least proud of the mistakes I made that caused my family pain and split us up.”

“Being useful is not just hanging back and making mistakes. It's going out and using your energy and your time for something good, which means for yourself but also and always to think about other people.”

“As an immigrant, as an American and as a Republican, it is my duty to speak up. I grew up in the ruins of a country that gave up on democracy and faced the consequences.”