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Arnold Schwarzenegger conquered three completely different worlds: bodybuilding, Hollywood, and politics. His secret? 'Think big. ' He didn't just want to be a bodybuilder; he wanted to be the greatest ever. He didn't just want to be in movies; he wanted to be the highest-paid star. He teaches that the mind is the limit. 'As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it. ' His life is proof that bold ambition is the first step to reality.
"I never set limits or created mental barriers. You may have heard that I have a vision for everything I do. That's true. But I also have a vision for how big I can be."
"Rest is for the weary. I'm not weary."
"I didn't want to be a follower. I had a dream to be a leader in whatever I did."
"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."
"The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that."
"Start wide, expand further, and never look back."
"Start small, but think big."
"The only way you get to the top is by having a clear vision. You have to see it, believe it, and then work your ass off."
"I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things."
"You have to shoot for the top. You have to go and say, 'I want to be a champion.' Not just, 'I want to compete.'"
"Be hungry for success, hungry to make your mark."
"The American Dream is about having a vision and working for it until it becomes your life."
"You can't climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets."
"Never let your dreams be small; let them be as big as the world itself."
"Dream big. It doesn't cost any more to dream big than it does to dream small."
"I didn't just want to be a bodybuilder, I wanted to be the best bodybuilder in the world."
"Break the rules, not the law."
"I was always dreaming of very big things. I didn't want to be like everyone else."
"If you don't have a vision of where you are going, if you don't have a goal where you go, you drift around and you never end up anywhere."
"Stay hungry, stay healthy, be a gentleman, believe strongly in yourself and go beyond limitations."
"I didn't just want to be a bodybuilding champion, I wanted to be the best bodybuilder of all time."
"I was always dreaming about very big things. Other people thought I was crazy, but I knew I could do it."
"I never felt I was good enough, strong enough, or smart enough. That kept me hungry."
"You can have the best ship in the world, but if the captain doesn't know where to go, he will just drift around."
"Whatever you do in life, you have to have a vision. You have to have a goal."
"Stay hungry for your dreams. Never settle for what you already have."
"My dream was to come to America, and I didn't let anything stop me from getting here."
"What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else?"
"You have to be hungry. If you are not hungry, you are not going to make it."
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