Home / Quotes / Quote by Eddy Merckx

Quote by Eddy Merckx

“I've won. Hurray! I don't have to go to school any more.”

Quote by Eddy Merckx

Author

Eddy Merckx, born on June 17, 1945, is a Belgian cyclist who is widely regarded as one of the greatest cyclists in the history of the sport. He achieved tremendous success in professional cycling, and is celebrated as one of the greatest cyclists of all time. more

You May Also Like

“I Want To Ride My Bicycle I Want To Ride My Bike I Want To Ride My bicycle I Want To Ride It Where I Like”

Want Cycles Riding Bike Bicycle Cycling Riding A Bicycle Bike Riding

Author:Freddie Mercury

“Cycling is such a stupid sport. Next time you are in a car travelling at 40mph think about jumping out - naked. That's what it's like when we crash.”

Thinking Next Sports Car Stupid Naked Crash Next Time Jumping Cycling Stupid Sports

Author:David Millar

“It means protecting people, showing loving concern for each and every person, especially children, the elderly, those in need, who are often the last we think about.”

People Thinking Needs Mean Children Persons Lasts Poverty Concern Elderly Those In Need

Book:Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion

Source: Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion

“A poverty learned with the humble, the poor, the sick and all those who are on the existential outskirts of life. A theoretical poverty is no use to us. Poverty is learned by touching the flesh of the poor Christ, in the humble, in the poor, in the sick and in children.”

Children Use Christ Poor Poverty Sick Humble Flesh Touching Existential Theoretical Periphery

Author:Pope Francis

“...we must also acknowledge that the majority of the men and women of our time continue to live daily in situations of insecurity, with dire consequences. Certain pathologies are increasing, with their psychological consequences; fear and desperation grip the hearts of many people, even in the so-called rich countries; the joy of life is diminishing; indecency and violence are on the rise; poverty is becoming more and more evident. People have to struggle to live and, frequently, to live in an undignified way.”

“We have begun a throw away culture. This tendency is seen on the level of individuals and whole societies; and it is being promoted! In circumstances like these, solidarity, which is the treasure of the poor, is often considered counterproductive, opposed to the logic of finance and the economy. While the income of a minority is increasing exponentially, that of the majority is crumbling.”

Whole Culture Individual Poor Levels Poverty Economy Circumstances Logic Majority Treasure Income Tendencies Finance Minorities Solidarity Crumbling Counterproductive

Book:Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion

Source: Care for Creation: A Call for Ecological Conversion

“...men and women are sacrificed to the idols of profit and consumption: it is the "culture of waste." If you break a computer it is a tragedy, but poverty, the needs, the dramas of so many people end up becoming the norm.”

People Ifs Men Needs Ends Culture Poverty Break Becoming Drama Waste Computer Men And Women Tragedy Profit Thought Provoking Idols Consumption Norm

Author:Pope Francis

“In your school you take part in various activities that habituate you not to shut yourselves in on yourselves or in your small world, but to be open to others, especially to the poorest and neediest, to work to improve the world in which we live. Be men and women with others and for others, real champions in the service of others. To be magnanimous with interior liberty and a spirit of service, spiritual formation is necessary. Dear children, dear youths, love Jesus Christ ever more!”

“Making money is easy. It is. The difficult thing in life is not making it, it's keeping it.”

Life Is Easy Difficult Making Money Things In Life Difficult Things Makin Money

Author:John McAfee

“I think of the difficulties which, in various countries, today afflicts the world of work and business; I think of how many, and not just young people, are unemployed, many times due to a purely economic conception of society, which seeks selfish profit, beyond the parameters of social justice.”

People Thinking World Country Today Young Social Justice Economy Economic Difficulty Social Justice Profit Various Dues Selfish Inequality Conception Unemployed Parameters Economic Justice

Author:Pope Francis