“The older I get, the greater power I seem to have to help the world; I am like a snowball—the further I am rolled, the more I gain.”

“If you’re absent during my struggle don’t expect to be present during my success.”

“Bodybuilding is much like any other sport. To be successful, you must dedicate yourself 10...”

“Your beliefs become your thoughts, Your thoughts become your words, Your words become your...”

“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”

“Certain things in life simply have to be experienced and never explained. Love is such a thing.”

“You will never be able to escape from your heart. So it’s better to listen to what it has to say.”

“Move fast and break things. Unless you are breaking stuff, you are not moving fast enough”

“When you repeat a mistake, it is not a mistake anymore: it is a decision.”

“We do not need magic to transform our world. We carry all the power we need inside ourselves already”

“Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' Then get busy and...”

“Champions aren't made in gyms.”

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree and I will spend the first four sharpening the axe.”