Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

Arnold Schwarzenegger, the man and the machine! In fact, this inspiring man can be best described as the ‘man who ran the machine’, read machine as the state of California. Arnold Schwarzenegger, being the kind of man that he is, shattered all prejudices and predispositions that orbited around the myth of gym rats being no brainers. From an Austrian immigrant to a more-than-just-successful body builder to becoming the Governor of the American state of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger has come a long way indeed. With Arnold Schwarzenegger, you can learn to love the man, hate the man, but you can never really ignore the man. A person who has almost always been in the public eye, Arnold Schwarzenegger has never failed to impress and inspire. If you are looking to draw inspiration from Arnold Schwarzenegger, you might want to go through a few of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s quotes, picked both from movies and life!

Famous Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

• “Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.”
• “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.”
• “Milk is for babies. When you grow up you have to drink beer.”
• “If it bleeds, we can kill it.” – Predator
• “I have a love interest in every one of my films: a gun.”
• “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.”
• “You know, nothing is more important than education, because nowhere are our stakes higher; our future depends on the quality of education of our children today.”
• “Haste la vista, baby.” – Terminator 2
• “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 just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street.”
• “My body is like breakfast, lunch, and dinner. I don't think about it, I just have it.”
• “I'll be back.” – The Terminator
• “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.”
• “I walked down the aisle as Conan the Barbarian and walked back up again as Arnold the Meek.”
• “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.”
• “Start wide, expand further, and never look back.”
• “The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character.”
• “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.”
• “One of my movies was called "True Lies." It's what the Democrats should have called their convention.”
• “Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.”
• “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.”
• “Money doesn't make you happy. I now have $50 million but I was just as happy when I had $48 million.”
• “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.”