Arnold Schwarzenegger Quotes

Sometimes we fall, sometimes we stumble, but we can't stay down. We can't allow life to beat us down. Everything happens for a reason, and it builds character in us, and it tells us what we are about and how strong we really are when we didn't think we could be that strong.

One who gains strength by overcoming obstacles possesses the only strength which can overcome adversity.

The world is the great gymnasium where we come to make ourselves strong.

Curiosity, rationalization, and laziness are no match against courage, self-control, and mental toughness.

Our ability to handle life's challenges is a measure of our strength of character.

Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men!

Fortitude is the guard and support of the other virtues.

I have learned that success is to be measured not so much by the position that one has reached in life as by the obstacles which he has had to overcome while trying to succeed.

Somehow I kept my head above water. I relied on the discipline, character, and strength that I had started to develop as that little girl in her first swimming pool.

The force of character is cumulative.

No man who has brought himself back from what might have been an entire life of invalidism to strength, and activity, physical and mental and spiritual can ever be accused of preaching or exemplifying a mollycoddle philosophy.

The only way to get through the life I had was just to have a big head of steam and determination.

People aren't born strong. People grow stronger little by little, encountering difficult situations, learning not to run from them.

If you're a true warrior, competition doesn't scare you. It makes you better.

My own father had always said the measure of a man wasn't how many times or how hard he got knocked down, but how fast he got back up. I made a pledge to myself that I would get up and emerge from this debacle better for having gone through it. I would live up to the expectation I had for myself. I would be the kind of man I wanted to be.

The best way to develop courage is to set a goal and achieve it, make a promise and keep it.

The problem of life is not to make life easier, but to make men stronger.

Nature creates few men brave, industry and training makes many.

One must need to be strong, otherwise one will never become strong.

I used to ask for an easy life, now I ask to be strong.

A person has to be strong in life. A person must practice strength, even if they don't feel it.

I will get stronger. I will return.

The battle for self-discipline may leave you a bit bruised and battered but always a better person. Self-discipline is a rigorous process at best; too many of us want it to be effortless and painless. Should temporary setbacks afflict us, a very significant part of our struggle for self-discipline is the determination and the courage to try again....Eternal life in the kingdom of our Father is your goal, and self-discipline will surely be required if you are to achieve it.

Victory in physical battles requires strength, muscles, and skill; but the fight is never tougher and victory is never sweeter than in the battles over self.

I'll always use the negativity as more motivation to work even harder and become even stronger.