Arnold Schwarzenegger

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.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Government’s first duty and highest obligation is public safety.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

To restore the trust of the people, we must reform the way the government operates.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

We are a forward-looking people, and we must have a forward-looking government.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

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.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

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

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

Maria is the best reason to come home.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

And now, of course this is another thing I didn’t count on, that now as the governor of the state of California, I am selling California worldwide. You see that? Selling.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

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

One of my movies was called “True Lies.” It’s what the Democrats should have called their convention.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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

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

Everything I have, my career, my success, my family, I owe to America.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Political courage is not political suicide.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

Start wide, expand further, and never look back.
Arnold Schwarzenegger

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.
Arnold Schwarzenegger