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Letter "P" » Pierre de Coubertin Quotes
«The Olympic Movement gives the world an ideal which reckons with the reality of life, and includes a possibility to guide this reality toward the great Olympic Idea.»
Author: Pierre de Coubertin
(Educator)
| Keywords:
includes, Olympic, Olympic Movement, reckons| Occasions:
Olympic
«The day when a sportsman stops thinking above all else of the happiness in his own effort and the intoxication of the power and physical balance he derives from it, the day when he lets considerations of vanity or interest take over, on this day his ideal will die.»
Author: Pierre de Coubertin
(Educator)
| Keywords:
balance of power, considerations, derives, On This Day, sportsman
«Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.»
«The important thing is that all stages from adolescent to mature man, work is done to spread the sporting spirit.»
Author: Pierre de Coubertin
(Educator)
| Keywords:
adolescent, adolescents, sporting, stages, The Sporting
«In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.»
«The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.»
Author: Pierre de Coubertin
(Educator)
| About:
Humanity,
Sports
| Keywords:
Olympic, Olympic Games, springtime
«Festival of the impassioned efforts and manifold ambitions of all forms of youthful activity of every generation springing from the threshold of life.»
«The strength of Olympism comes to it from that which is simply human, hence worldwide is its essence.»
«Olympism is not a system - it is a state of mind. This state of mind has emerged from a double cult: that of effort and that of Eurythmy - a taste of excess and a taste of measure combined.»
«The six colours, including the white background, represent the colours of all the world's flags... this is a true international emblem.»
Author: Pierre de Coubertin
(Educator)
| Keywords:
background, colours, emblem, Emblems, flags, International, represent, The Six| Occasions:
Olympic
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