Top 100 Motivational Bodybuilding Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Always asked, ‘What’s the key to success?’ The key is, there is no key. Be humble, hungry, and always be the hardest worker in the room.”

— Dwayne Johnson

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2. “The pain you feel today is the strength you’ll feel tomorrow.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Perseverance Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Emotional Quotes

3. “Winners never quit and quitters never win.”

— Vince Lombardi

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Goal Quotes, Athlete Quotes

4. “You have to go through the worst to get to the best.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Failure Quotes, Struggle Quotes, Survival Quotes, Adversity Quotes

5. “Work until your idols become your rivals.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Athlete Quotes, Winning Quotes

6. “Create a vision of who you want to be, and then live into that picture as if it were already true.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Vision Quotes

7. “Don’t do your best, do whatever it takes.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Hard Work Quotes, Willpower Quotes, Winning Quotes

8. “Hard work and training. There’s no secret formula.”

— Ronnie Coleman

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Discipline Quotes, Inspirational Quotes for Men, Fitness Quotes, Encouraging Quotes

9. “Pain is temporary. Quitting lasts forever.”

— Lance Armstrong

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10. “Work until your brain forgets and your body remembers.”

— Anonymous

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11. “Being weak is a choice, so is being strong.”

— Frank Zane

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12. “You can’t climb the ladder of success with your hands in your pockets.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Goal Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Work, Inspirational Quotes for Work

13. “Obsessed is a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated.”

— Anonymous

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14. “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”

— George Eliot

Also featured in: Focus Quotes, Self-Esteem Quotes, Positive Life Quotes, Short Positive Quotes, Self-Realization Quotes

15. “Your mind is the strongest and most valuable muscle you can grow in the gym.”

— Greg Plitt

Also featured in: Wednesday Motivational Quotes, Friday Inspirational Quotes, Fitness Quotes, Good Morning Motivational Quotes

16. “Vision creates faith and faith creates willpower.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

17. “How am I to know what I can achieve if I quit?”

— Jason Bishop

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18. “Discipline weighs ounces and regret weighs tons.”

— Jim Rohn

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19. “You’re only one workout away from a good mood.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Happiness Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes, Health Quotes

20. “Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.”

— Calvin Coolidge

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Life Lessons Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes, Commitment Quotes, Determination Quotes

21. “Push yourself, because no one else is going to do it for you.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Uplifting Quotes

22. “The real workout begins when you want to stop.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Dedication Quotes, Giving Up Quotes, Fitness Quotes

23. “Slow progress is better than no progress.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Patience Quotes, Feel Good Quotes, Habit Quotes

24. “Fitness is not about being better than someone else. It’s about being better than you used to be.”

— Brett Hoebel

Also featured in: Fitness Quotes, Weight Loss Motivation Quotes

25. “While you're out there partying, horsing around, someone out there at the same time is working hard. Someone is getting smarter and someone is winning. Just remember that.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Success Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Motivational Quotes for Success, Inspirational Quotes for Work, Powerful Motivational Quotes

26. “Make time for it. Just get it done. Nobody ever got strong by thinking about it. They did it.”

— Will Smith

27. “It’s a lifestyle – train like there’s no finish line.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Never Give Up Quotes, Dedication Quotes, Stay Strong Quotes, Fitness Quotes

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

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Life Quotes, Quotes About Strength, Positive Motivational Quotes

29. “The harder you work, the luckier you get.”

— Gary Player

Also featured in: Inspirational Quotes for Work, Performance Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes, Preparation Quotes, Quotes About Trying

30. “When you feel like quitting think about why you started.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Startup Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes, Short Deep Quotes

31. “Discipline is the bridge between goals and accomplishment.”

— Jim Rohn

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Inspirational Quotes, Leadership Quotes, Goal Quotes

32. “The best project you’ll ever work on is you.”

— Sonny Franco

33. “Every morning in Africa, a gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a lion or a gazelle: when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.”

— Dan Montano

34. “We must all suffer one of two things: the pain of discipline or the pain of regret or disappointment. ”

— Jim Rohn

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35. “Victory is reserved for those who are willing to pay its price.”

— Sun Tzu

36. “Pain is weakness leaving the body.”

— United States Marine Corps

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37. “If you want to turn a vision into reality, you have to give 100% and never stop believing in your dream.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Motivational Quotes, Startup Quotes, Persistence Quotes, Hard Work Quotes, Motivational Work Quotes

38. “The body achieves what the mind believes.”

— Anonymous

39. “There are no shortcuts – everything is reps, reps, reps.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Hard Work Quotes, Work Ethic Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

40. “What you’re thinking is what you’re becoming.”

— Muhammad Ali

Also featured in: Positive Quotes, Manifestation Quotes, Wisdom Quotes, Quotes About Thinking

41. “You don’t demand respect, you earn it.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Common Sense Quotes, Different Quotes, Reputation Quotes, Respect Quotes

42. “There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don’t allow yourself to become one of them.”

— Ralph Marston

Also featured in: Obstacles Quotes, Resilience Quotes, Problem-Solving Quotes, Path Quotes

43. “Strong people are harder to kill than weak people and more useful in general.”

— Mark Rippetoe

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Stay Strong Quotes, Fitness Quotes

44. “If you are going through hell, keep going.”

— Winston Churchill

Also featured in: Inspirational Entrepreneurship Quotes, Startup Quotes, Perseverance Quotes, Persistence Quotes

45. “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.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Quotes About Strength, Work Ethic Quotes, Grit Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

46. “It’s going to be hard, but hard doesn’t mean impossible.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Work Hard Wallpapers

47. “You don’t find willpower, you create it.”

— Anonymous

Also featured in: Willpower Quotes, Common Sense Quotes

48. “If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.”

— Nora Roberts

Also featured in: Persistence Quotes, Confidence Quotes, Meaningful Quotes, Opportunity Quotes, Empowerment Quotes

49. “Trust yourself, no matter what anyone else thinks.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Confidence Quotes, Self-Worth Quotes, Positive Motivational Quotes, Motivational Workout Quotes

50. “When you have a well developed body and you're confident, you see people bending your way, wanting to be on your side, wanting to do things for you.”

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

Also featured in: Athlete Quotes, Fitness Quotes, Being Strong Quotes