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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

Swifter, higher, stronger.

Swifter, higher, stronger.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

Holding an Olympic Games means evoking history.

The Olympic Movement gives the world an ideal which reckons with the reality of life,...

The Olympic Movement gives the world an ideal which reckons with the reality of life,...

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

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

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.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

Sport must be accessible to working class youth.

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 important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

The important thing in life is not to triumph but to compete.

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

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

In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.

In the Olympic Oath, I ask for only one thing: sporting loyalty.

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 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...

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

All sports must be treated on the basis of equality.

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...

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.

In no way can sport be considered a luxury object.