Festival of the impassioned efforts and manifold ambitions of all forms of youthful activity of every generation springing from the threshold of life.

Quote by Pierre De Coubertin

Topics: Ambition Quotes, Life Quotes

Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort.

Sport is the habitual and voluntary cultivation of intensive physical effort.

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the...

The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part; the...

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.

The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Racial distinctions should not play a role in sport.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.

The Olympic Games were created for the exhaltation of the individual athlete.

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

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

All sports for all people.

All sports for all people.

Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.

Sport must be the heritage of all men and of all social classes.

The Games were created for the glorification of the individual champion.

The Games were created for the glorification of the individual champion.

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

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

For each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement.

For each individual, sport is a possible source for inner improvement.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared...

Success comprises in itself the seeds of its own decline and sport is not spared...

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.

The Olympic Games are for the world and all nations must be admitted to them.

May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue...

May joy and good fellowship reign, and in this manner, may the Olympic Torch pursue...

Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be...

Sport is part of every man and woman's heritage and its absence can never be...