Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

The surest plan to make a man is, think him so.

Any time you talk about your own stuff you sound self-aggrandising.

I used to suffer from excessive pride. Well, I got over that one.

Success can make you go one of two ways. It can make you a prima donna - or it can smooth the edges, take away the insecurities, let the nice things come out.

I think confidence does come with time, and I've been really surprised by that, actually.

You never toot your own horn.

Don't tell people you're smart; let them find out on their own.

I used to be a bit of a show-off at school, but I've calmed down now and learnt to censor myself.

No one would call me a great cook, but over years of cooking, for me, confidence has replaced ambition.

You definitely need self-belief and confidence, but there is a very fine line between that and arrogance. I would like to think I sit on the other side of that.

I'm not as cocky as I used to be.

I'll let my game speak for itself.

We have to learn from our mistakes. But it's part of my game; I won't be arrogant of saying that I will keep doing this. We have to learn from our mistakes.

I feel the first ten years of my career I really didn't care what the director said because I felt so arrogant. I was so certain about what should happen. But then I became a good listener.

It might come off as cocky, but I've been through a lot in my life.

As you get older, I suppose, you get a bit more cautious in everything you do. But I've always been blessed with self-belief.

I'm not one to probe my limitations.

Granddad taught me a long time ago, act like you've been there before.

I think there are still better players than me.

I never was strutting through the hallways like, "Yeah, I'm a singer/songwriter." That's never a cool thing to do - to be the brooding guy.

People who are cocky and arrogant say, 'I know that' and move along. People who are confident and positive ask themselves,' How good am I at that?' and seek to improve

Self-confidence may be mistaken for egotism if it is not accompanied by humility of the heart.

A lot of people got something to prove. If I had something to prove, I proved it already, so why do I have to go showboat? Like, I don't say I got the hottest song in the world. And, personally, I think otherwise.

One that does not think to highly of himself is more than he thinks.