Olympism Quotes:

Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy found in effort, the educational value of a good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles.

- Pierre de Coubertin

source: Pierre de Coubertin, Norbert Müller (2000). “Olympism: Selected Writings”, Lausanne, Switzerland : International Olympic Committee

topic: Respect, Educational, Effort, Olympism, Ethical Principles

Olympism is a doctrine of the fraternity between the body and the soul.

- Pierre de Coubertin

topic: Olympism

The Olympic Spirit is neither the property of one race nor of one age.

- Pierre de Coubertin

topic: Race, Age, Olympic Spirit, Olympism

The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.

- Pierre de Coubertin

topic: Victory, Important, Life Is, Olympic Games, Teacher Student

Olympism... exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, mind and will.

- Pierre de Coubertin

topic: Mind, Quality, Body, Olympism, Combining

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.

- Pierre de Coubertin

topic: Olympism

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the essential thing in life is not conquering but fighting well.

- Pierre de Coubertin

topic: Fighting, Winning, Aquariums, Olympic Games, Olympic Medals

The strength of Olympism comes to it from that which is simply human, hence worldwide is its essence.

- Pierre de Coubertin

topic: Strength, Essence, Humans, Olympism

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.

- Pierre de Coubertin

topic: Reality, Ideas, Giving, Olympism

The Olympic Games are the quadrennial celebration of the springtime of humanity.

- Pierre de Coubertin

topic: Games, Humanity, Springtime, Olympism

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

- Pierre de Coubertin

source: "The Olympian". Book by Peter L. Dixon, 1984.

topic: Struggle, Winning, Games, Olympic Games, Olympism

The Olympic flag [] has a white background, with five interlaced rings in the centre: blue, yellow, black, green and red []. This design is symbolic; it represents the five continents of the world, united by Olympism, while the six colours are those that appear on all the national flags of the world at the present time.

- Pierre de Coubertin

topic: Blue, Yellow, White, Symbolic, Olympism

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not to win but to take part, just as the most important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle. The essential thing is not to have conquered but to have fought well.

- Pierre de Coubertin

topic: Olympic Games, Most Important Things In Life, Olympism, Olympics Games, Olympic Spirit