#Business

"The success I have achieved in bodybuilding, motion pictures, and business would not have been possible without the generosity of the American people and the freedom here to pursue your dreams."

"You are not permitted to suffer what others suffer, you are not permitted to fail or die young."

"I go out there to win. People don't care if you die in this business. The only way I get back is with success."

"Good humor is a tonic for mind and body. It is the best antidote for anxiety and depression. It is a business asset. It attracts and keeps friends. It lightens human burdens. It is the direct route to serenity and contentment."

"Your words are powerful so what you say goes a long way to either establish or destroy you; this is why you should say things that God has said concerning you, not things that situations or circumstances say."

"The choice is yours. Don't let your pronouncements destroy your destiny rather let them build your future up!"

"All lasting business is built on friendship."

"Some people grow vegetables by day, but I grow shadows by night. Right now my only customer is the US government, but the profit is unbelievable."

"You gotta run more than your mouth to escape the treadmill of mediocrity. A true hustler jogs during the day, and sleepwalks at night."

"My view of the charity world is that compared with business, there is too much talk, way too many meetings and expert panels and blue-ribbon commissions, and not enough action. Or as an Australian friend of mine once opined: "Sometimes you just have to have a go and get on with it, mate!"."

"Here’s what I’d love to see: A vending machine that dispenses cats for petting on your lunch break. Instead of money, the machine accepts hugs."

"Word of mouth—it's more powerful, more convincing, and more audible than word of hand. If you need me, I’ll be in the audience clapping."

"Patience is a virtue not a vice."

"Credentials are like potential energy, the compliments of a name on paper, in documents, word of mouth, but faith is like kinetic energy, the motion and the force that which is witnessed. Hence in the end it is the faith rather than the credentials that really takes you places."

"I think up until the point when we started in the business, which was in the early '70s, most of the humor was political. The smart humor was political satire."

"Business, you know, may bring you money, but friendship hardly ever does."

"There's plenty of room for humor in politics, God knows, but it's a serious business."

"For the Puritans, the God-centered life meant making the quest for spiritual and moral holiness the great business of life."

"Be a King. Dare to be Different, dare to manifest your greatness."

"The presence of the Lord destroys a life of struggle. You will struggle until you encounter His presence."