Pierre de Coubertin Quotes

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.

Pierre de Coubertin

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: leader
  • Nationality: french
  • Birth: January 1, 1863 - September 2, 1937

Topics

HappinessPowerDayBalanceEffort

My first quote was, I don't want to hurt God's people. Jim Bakker's quote was, I was set up by a female.

Jessica Hahn

GodPeopleHurtWantFirstUp

We make a mess of things sometimes but that doesn't make you bad - it makes you human.

Andrea McLean

YouBadSometimesHumanMessThings

The downside to the Whole Foods experience is that its success is driven by one of our era's more grotesque phenomena: the upwardly-mobile urban dweller, the one who wants to indulge class-conscious epicurean yearnings and save the world, too.

Andrew Breitbart

SuccessExperienceWorldMoreUrban

I think as a young actress, it's very rare that you read something where you're not either 'the girl' or there to serve some romantic purpose in a male dominated cast.

Sienna Miller

GirlRomanticPurposeThinkYou

When you write down your ideas you automatically focus your full attention on them. Few if any of us can write one thought and think another at the same time. Thus a pencil and paper make excellent concentration tools.

Michael LeBoeuf

TimeFocusIdeasThinkThoughtYou

I think there are presences out there that we can't see or directly communicate with that have benevolent influence on us. Whether they're angels or something else, I'm not sure.

Misha Collins

InfluenceThinkAngelsSeeOutSure

I have been a figure skater for so long that when I stopped that competitive day-to-day grind, I didn't know what to do with myself. I don't know how the world works outside of being barked at by a Ukrainian woman and watching my weight.

Johnny Weir

MyselfWomanWorldLongGrindKnow

I love New York City because there's something to do 24/7, something that will make you see things in a whole different light. Like they say, it's the city that never sleeps.

Dianne Reeves

LoveLightNew YorkCityYouNew

We can only imagine the history of the free world today if, at the end of the Civil War, there had been two countries: the United States and the Confederate States of America.

Douglas Brinkley

TodayHistoryWarWorldFreeEnd

Any change, even a change for the better, is always accompanied by drawbacks and discomforts.

Arnold Bennett

ChangeBetterAlwaysEvenAny

Our cinema has evolved in last 60 years because we have made people happy through our films. The main purpose of our storyline is to spread happiness. Our cinema has an emotional connect.

Anupam Kher

HappinessPurposeHappyPeopleYears

I'm vicious. I can be nice off the ice, but on the ice, that's not where it's time to make friends.

Ashley Wagner

TimeFriendsIceI CanBe NiceNice

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