Learned helplessness is the giving-up reaction, the quitting response that follows from the belief that whatever you do doesn't matter.

My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession.

If it's hard to remember, it'll be difficult to forget.

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

Training gives us an outlet for suppressed energies created by stress and thus tones the spirit just as exercise conditions the body.

I welcome and seek your ideas, but do not bring me small ideas; bring me big ideas to match our future.

As long as I live, I will never forget that day 21 years ago when I raised my hand and took the oath of citizenship. Do you know how proud I was? I was so proud that I walked around with an American flag around my shoulders all day long.

I just use my muscles as a conversation piece, like someone walking a cheetah down 42nd Street.

As you know, I'm an immigrant. I came over here as an immigrant, and what gave me the opportunities, what made me to be here today, is the open arms of Americans. I have been received. I have been adopted by America.

Into each life rain must fall but rain can be the giver of life and it is all in your attitude that makes rain produce sunshine.

We are all inclined to judge ourselves by our ideals; others, by their acts.

If one way be better than another, that you may be sure is natures way.

Here is one quality that one must possess to win, and that is definiteness of purpose, the knowledge of what one wants, and a burning desire to possess it.

I will prepare and some day my chance will come.

Sometimes the cards we are dealt are not always fair. However you must keep smiling and moving on.

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

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 100 percent.

The last three or four reps is what makes the muscle grow. This area of pain divides the champion from someone else who is not a champion. That's what most people lack, having the guts to go on and just say they'll go through the pain no matter what happens.

Help others and give something back. I guarantee you will discover that while public service improves the lives and the world around you, its greatest reward is the enrichment and new meaning it will bring your own life.

There is never enough time to do everything, but there is always enough time to do the most important thing.

You really can change the world if you care enough.

What you are is what you have been. What you'll be is what you do now.

Our lives are the only meaningful expression of what we believe and in Whom we believe. And the only real wealth, for any of us, lies in our faith.

There surely is in human nature an inherent propensity to extract all the good out of all the evil.

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

To hell with circumstances; I create opportunities.

An ounce of emotion is equal to a ton of facts.

Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.

Simply put, you believer that things or people make you unhappy, but this is not accurate. You make yourself unhappy.

Our ability to achieve happiness and success depends on the strength of our wings.