It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.
—Napoleon Hill (1883–1970) American Author, Journalist, Attorney, Lecturer
No man or woman is an island. To exist just for yourself is meaningless. You can achieve the most satisfaction when you feel related to some greater purpose in life, something greater than yourself.
—Denis Waitley (b.1933) American Motivational Speaker, Author
We will try to create conditions where persons could come together in a spirit of teamwork, and exercise to their heart’s desire their technological capacity.
—Akio Morita (1921–99) Japanese Entrepreneur
On this team, we’re all united in a common goal: to keep my job.
—Lou Holtz (1893–1980) American Stage Performer
When he took time to help the man up the mountain, lo, he scaled it himself.
—Unknown
In an earthquake, the most dangerous place to be is in a tall building that is not flexible. Yet, one of the safest places is a tall building that has been stressed for earthquakes—-in other words, one that has a deep foundation and is flexible. So, too, over the coming years, large organizations that remain rigid will crumble and fall, while those that succeed in adding flexibility, teamwork and creativity to their cultures will thrive.
—Unknown
Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
—Vince Lombardi (1913–70) American Football Coach
Most teams aren’t teams at all but merely collections of individual relationships with the boss. Each individual vying with the others for power, prestige and position.
—Douglas McGregor (1906–64) American Sociologist, Industrial Psychologist
We take eagles and teach them to fly in formation.
—D. Wayne Calloway (1935–98) American Business Executive
It’s easy to get the players; it’s getting them to play together that’s the tough part
—Casey Stengel (1890–1975) American Sportsperson
Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishments toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.
—Andrew Carnegie (1835–1919) Scottish-American Industrialist
One man can be a crucial ingredient on a team, but one man cannot make a team.
—Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (b.1947) American Basketball Player, Author, Actor
Snowflakes are some of nature’s most fragile things, but just look what they can do when they all stick together.
—Unknown
When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.
—African Proverb
A dwarf on a giant’s shoulders sees the further of the two.
—George Herbert (1593–1633) Welsh Anglican Poet, Orator, Clergyman
I don’t believe in team motivation. I believe in getting a team prepared so it knows it will have the necessary confidence when it steps on a field and be prepared to play a good game.
—Tom Landry (1924–2000) American Sportsperson
Individuals play the game, but teams win championships.
—Unknown
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.
—Babe Ruth (1895–1948) American Baseball Legend
The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.
—Vince Lombardi (1913–70) American Football Coach
What chance gathers she easily scatters. A great person attracts great people and knows how to hold them together.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832) German Poet
Yogi saw three of his players in the locker room wearing Cone Head hats. Yogi said, Those guys make a pair.
—Yogi Berra (1925–2015) American Sportsperson
I think this is the most extraordinary collection of talent, of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together at the White House, with the possible exception of when Thomas Jefferson dined alone.
—John F. Kennedy (1917–63) American Head of State, Journalist
Teamwork is so important that it is virtually impossible for you to reach the heights of your capabilities or make the money that you want without becoming very good at it.
—Brian Tracy (b.1944) American Author, Motivational Speaker
Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another and of strength to be derived by unity.
—Vince Lombardi, Jr. (1913–70) American Football Player, Coach
Whenever two people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.
—William James (1842–1910) American Philosopher, Psychologist, Physician
No problem is insurmountable. With a little courage, teamwork and determination a person can overcome anything.
—Anonymous
TEAM = Together Everyone Achieves More.
—Unknown
A well-run restaurant is like a winning baseball team. It makes the most of every crew member’s talent and takes advantage of every split-second opportunity to speed up service.
—David Ogilvy (1911–99) British-American Advertising Executive
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
—Helen Keller (1880–1968) American Author
For nothing is fixed, forever and forever and forever, it is not fixed; the earth is always shifting, the light is always changing, the sea does not cease to grind down rock. Generations do not cease to be born, and we are responsible to them because we are the only witnesses they have. The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.
—James Baldwin (1924–87) American Novelist, Social Critic
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