If you really want to do something, you’ll find a way. If you don’t, you’ll find an excuse.

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

One secret of success in life is for a man to be ready for his opportunity when it comes.

Often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one that has been opened for us.

Success is often achieved by those who don’t know that failure is inevitable.

Success is a state of mind. If you want success, start thinking of yourself as a success.

Forgiveness is the most powerful thing you can do for yourself. If you can’t learn to forgive, you can forget about achieving true success in your life.

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.

Success is how high you bounce when you hit bottom.

Success is getting what you want. Happiness is wanting what you get.

As we look ahead into the next century, leaders will be those who empower others.

Success is neither magical nor mysterious. Success is the natural consequence of consistently applying the basic fundamentals.

The successful warrior is the average man, with laser-like focus.

Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.

Measure your success by the growth of your freedom.

The will to win, the desire to succeed, the urge to reach your full potential… these are the keys that will unlock the door to personal excellence.

The best revenge is massive success.

If you love what you are doing, you will be successful.

Experience shows that success is due less to ability than to zeal.

In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure.

You have to learn the rules of the game. And then you have to play better than anyone else.

There is only one success – to be able to spend your life in your own way.

A lot of success in life and business comes from knowing what you want to avoid: early death, a bad marriage, etc.

People rarely succeed unless they have fun in what they are doing.

Whatever you’re thinking about, you will attract.

Success is nothing without someone you love to share it with.

There’s something so magnificent about you. And as you love yourself, you’ll love others.

Within ten years, he had earned his college degree and was a millionaire from his business enterprises in real estate, landscaping, and bodybuilding. He was also the winner of a Golden Globe Award for his debut as a dramatic actor in Stay Hungry.

The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want.

If it weren’t for Jesus, I would not be where I am today and my life would be without purpose. I’ve heard kids say they want to be just like me when they grow up. They should know I want to be just like Jesus.

It’s fine to celebrate success but it is more important to heed the lessons of failure.

With Maria Shriver, he raised four fantastic children. In the wake of a scandal he brought upon himself, he tried to keep his family together.

Thirty-six years after coming to America, the man once known by fellow body­builders as the Austrian Oak was elected governor of California, the seventh largest economy in the world.

Moral values have been thrown out the window. Christianity is out the window. And that’s wrong. Parents should be at home, teaching kids right from wrong, making sure they get a great education so they can be a success in life.

When I dare to be powerful – to use my strength in the service of my vision, then it becomes less and less important whether I am afraid.