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Life Quotes by Pierre de Coubertin
- The essential thing in life is not so much conquering as fighting well.
- Festival of the impassioned efforts and manifold ambitions of all forms of youthful activity of every generation springing from the threshold of life.
- 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…
- 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…
- 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.
- The important thing in life is not victory but combat; it is not to have vanquished but to have fought well.
- 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…
- The important thing in life is not the triumph but the struggle.
- The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.
More Life Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Culture relates to objects and is a phenomenon of the world; entertainment relates to people and is a phenomenon of life. — Hannah Arendt
- We have almost succeeded in leveling all human activities to the common denominator of securing the necessities of life and providing for… — Hannah Arendt
- I do think the heart can balance out the mind, if your heart is in a good place it can give you… — Alexis Arguello
- I find that it's hard to fully examine one's life and not have faith be part of the discussion. — J. J. Abrams
- Wise people, even though all laws were abolished, would still lead the same life. — Aristophanes
- Love is composed of a single soul inhabiting two bodies. — Aristotle
- Friendship is a single soul dwelling in two bodies. — Aristotle
- We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. — Aristotle
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- Happiness depends upon ourselves. — Aristotle
- I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who conquers his enemies; for the hardest victory is over self. — Aristotle