Arnold Schwarzenegger on Confidence Quotes

"The only way to become a leader is to have the confidence to take the first step when others are waiting."

"You must trust yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks."

"If you don't have a vision of where you are going, if you don't have a goal, you drift around and you never end up anywhere."

"Don't be afraid to fail. You can't be paralyzed by fear of failure or you will never push yourself."

"Confidence comes from reps. You do the work, you see the results, and then you know you can do it again."

"The mind is the muscle that creates the body. It starts with the thought of what you can achieve."

"I have failed many times, but I never considered myself a failure. That is the difference."

"You have to be willing to fail to eventually succeed. If you are afraid of failing, you will always be holding back."

"Be useful. When you help others, you find a confidence that no trophy can ever give you."

"Stay hungry, stay healthy, be a gentleman, believe strongly in yourself and go beyond limitations."

"Visualizing your goal and then going after it is the only way to build real self-assurance."

"You have to have a clear vision. You cannot have a hazy vision. You have to know exactly where you want to go."

"The worst thing I can be is the same as everybody else. I hate that."

"The more you know, the more you can do, and the more confident you feel about your future."

"There are no shortcuts—everything is reps, reps, reps."

"Work like hell and advertise. You have to believe in your product, and that product is you."

"Do not let your fears hold you back. Let your vision pull you forward."

"I didn't just want to be a bodybuilding champion, I wanted to be the best bodybuilder of all time."

"If you want to be a champion, you have to act like a champion long before you ever win a trophy."

"Your focus determines your reality. If you believe you are a champion, you will train like one."

"There is no magic pill. There is only the work."

"I knew I was a winner back in the late sixties. I knew I was destined for great things."

"I was always dreaming about very big things. Other people thought I was crazy, but I knew I could do it."

"I never listen that you can't. I always listen to myself that I can."

"Positive thinking can be contagious. Being surrounded by winners helps you develop into a winner."

"Failure is not an option. Everyone has to succeed."

"We are all self-made, but we are not driven by ourselves alone. We are driven by the help of others."

"The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something, you can do it, as long as you really believe it 100 percent."

"Confidence is not something you are born with. It is something you earn through sweat and discipline."

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

"You have to have a 100% belief in your vision. You have to believe that you can do it, even when everyone else says it's impossible."

"What is the point of being on this Earth if you are going to be like everyone else?"

"The resistance that you fight physically in the gym and the resistance that you fight in life can only build a strong character."