The success I have achieved in bodybuilding, motion pictures, and business would not have been possible without the generosity of the American people and the freedom here to pursue your dreams.

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

Posing is a performing art.

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

You can have results or excuses. Not both.

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

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

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

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

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

I am a big believer in education, because when I grew up in Austria - when I grew up in Austria I had a great education. I had great teachers.

If you do not have a close friendship with your children, I will." Child Molester warning all parents from the book Type 1 Sociopath

If you decide to take somebody on, don’t look behind you, because there won’t be anybody there. You’ll be all alone.

My idea of a delicious time is to read a book that is wonderful. But the ruling passion of my life is being a seeker after truth and the divine.

The beginning of a plot is the prompting of desire.

I think even lying on my bed I can still do something.

Nothing is more cruel to the young than to tell them that the world is made for youth.

I have some sarcastic sides of me.

History is like a clock, it tells you your time of day.

Success depends on intuition, on seeing what afterwards proves true but cannot be established at the moment.

If you read to your kids you'll make readers out of them, partly because they'll associate reading with good parent time.