Teamw Quotes

• The achievements of an organization are the results of the combined effort of each individual.

  Vince Lombardi

  Motivational, Teamwork, Volleyball

  Vince Lombardi (2003). “What It Takes to Be #1 : Vince Lombardi on Leaders: Vince Lombardi on Leadership”, p.217, McGraw Hill Professional

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• 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

  Teamwork, Educational, Decision

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• Strength lies in differences, not in similarities

  Stephen Covey

  Teamwork, Lying, Inspiration

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• My model for business is The Beatles. They were four guys who kept each other kind of negative tendencies in check. They balanced each other and the total was greater than the sum of the parts. That's how I see business: great things in business are never done by one person, they're done by a team of people.

  Steve Jobs

  Teamwork, People, Guy

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you're playing a solo game, you'll always lose out to a team.

  Reid Hoffman

  Teamwork, Business, Crazy

  Ben Casnocha, Reid Hoffman (2012). “The Start-up of You: Adapt to the Future, Invest in Yourself, and Transform Your Career”, p.83, Random House

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• If two men on the same job agree all the time, then one is useless. If they disagree all the time, both are useless.

  Darryl F. Zanuck

  Teamwork, Time, Jobs

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• There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others.

  George Shinn

  Teamwork, Acceptance, Loss

  George Shinn (1994). “The Miracle of Motivation”, Tyndale House Pub

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• Good teams incorporate teamwork into their culture, creating the building blocks for success.

  Ted Sundquist

  Motivational, Teamwork, Block

  Ted Sundquist, Justin Spizman (2013). “Taking Your Team to the Top: How to Build and Manage Great Teams Like the Pros”, p.7, McGraw-Hill Professional

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• Synergy - the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously.

  Mark Twain

  Teamwork, Achievement, Team Building

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• The leaders who work most effectively, it seems to me, never say 'I'. They don't think 'I'. They think 'we'; they think 'team'.

  Tom Peters

  Leadership, Teamwork, Kids

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• The speed of the boss is the speed of the team.

  Lee Iacocca

  Inspirational, Motivational, Inspiring

  Lee Iacocca, William Novak (2011). “Iacocca: An Autobiography”, p.100, Bantam

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• A dwarf on a giant's shoulder, sees further of the two.

  George Herbert

  Teamwork, Dwarves, Two

  "The Complete Works of George Herbert: And The Satires and Psalms of Bishop Hall".

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• We trained hard ... but it seemed that every time we were beginning to form up into teams we would be reorganized. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganizing; and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralization.

  Charlton Ogburn

  Teamwork, Later In Life, Creating

  "Merrill's Marauders: The truth about an incredible adventure" by Charlton Ogburn, harpers.org. January 1957.

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• Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.

  John C. Maxwell

  Leadership, Teamwork, Dream

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• In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.

  Charles Darwin

  Teamwork, Creativity, Knowledge

  Charles Darwin (2015). “Darwin on Evolution: Words of Wisdom from the Father of Evolution”, p.23, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.

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• You put together the best team that you can with the players you've got, and replace those who aren't good enough.

  Robert Crandall

  Teamwork, Business, Player

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  The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.

  Phil Jackson

  Inspirational, Motivational, Basketball

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• You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, ackowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.

  Jim Stovall

  Motivational, Positive, Teamwork

  Jim Stovall (2015). “Ultimate Hindsight: Wisdom from 100 Super Achievers”, p.191, Sound Wisdom

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  Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.

  Margaret Mead

  Inspirational, Life, Friendship

  Margaret Mead, Robert B. Textor (2005). “The World Ahead: An Anthropologist Anticipates the Future”, p.12, Berghahn Books

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• We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit.

  Will Durant

  Inspirational, Life, Motivational

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• Trust is knowing that when a team member does push you, they're doing it because they care about the team.

  Patrick Lencioni

  Teamwork, Knowing, Team Building

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  No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.

  John Donne

  Teamwork, Men, Grieving

  Devotions upon Emergent Occasions no. 17 (1624)

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  Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Success, Leadership

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• It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.

  Napoleon Hill

  Motivational, Success, Teamwork

  Napoleon Hill (2008). “The Law of Success: The Master Wealth-Builder's Complete and Original Lesson Plan forAchieving Your Dreams”, p.372, Penguin

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• 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

  Inspirational, Leadership, Teamwork

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