Teamwork Quotes - Page 24

• The American Indians were Communists. They were. Every anthropologist will tell you they were Communists. No rich, no poor. If somebody needed something the community chipped in.

  Pete Seeger

  Community, Rich, Communism

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• I’m very conscious of the fact that you can’t do it alone. It’s teamwork. When you do it alone you run the risk that when you are no longer there nobody else will do it.

  Wangari Maathai

  Running, Risk, Facts

  Wangari Maathai (2004). “The Green Belt Movement: Sharing the Approach and the Experience”, p.136, Lantern Books

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• We are all invited to work together for peace. We shall join hands and minds to work for peace through active nonviolence. We shall help one another, encourage one another and learn from one another how to bring peace to our children and to all.

  Mairead Corrigan

  Children, Hands, Mind

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• We are way more powerful when we turn to each other and not on each other, when we celebrate our diversity, focus on our commonality, and together tear down the mighty walls of injustice.

  Cynthia McKinney

  Wall, Powerful, Rights

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• This is the moment when we must come together to save this planet.

  Barack Obama

  Together, Action, Global Warming

  Address to the People of Berlin, delivered 24 July 2008, Victory Column

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• Life should not be estimated exclusively by the standard of dollars and cents. I am not disposed to complain that I have planted and other have gathered the fruits. A man has cause for regret only when he sows and no one reaps.

  Charles Goodyear

  Regret, Men, Fruit

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• Confidence comes from being prepared.

  John Wooden

  Inspirational, Basketball, Practice

  John Wooden (2005). “Wooden on Leadership: How to Create a Winning Organizaion”, p.2, McGraw Hill Professional

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• The strongest rebellion may be expressed in quiet, undramatic behavior.

  Benjamin Spock

  May, Quiet, Rebellion

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• My grandfather taught me that it is harder to be kind than it is to be clever.

  Jeff Bezos

  Clever, Grandfather, Be Kind

  "Jeff Bezos: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 2002.

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• What characteristics do I look for when hiring somebody? That's one of the questions I ask when interviewing. I want to know what kind of people they would hire.

  Jeff Bezos

  People, Looks, Want

  "Jeff Bezos: What I've Learned" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. January 2002.

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• You must have discipline to have fun.

  Julia Child

  Fun, Discipline, Self Control

  "Julia Child: What I've Learned" by Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. August 15, 2014.

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• We have to encourage the future we want rather than trying to prevent the future we fear.

  Bill Joy

  Trying, Want

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• If you get a certain amount of notoriety for doing something, and you can stick to that type of project for the rest of your life and make a decent living, I think you still have a responsibility to stretch. Flexibility is what keeps you alive.

  Clint Eastwood

  Responsibility, Thinking, Sticks

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• If you think you're always in control, then you're not going fast enough.

  Mario Andretti

  Thinking, Enough, Ifs

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• People who are coaches will be the norm. Other people won't get promoted.

  Jack Welch

  People, Norm, Coaches

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• The only way you can make a deal is if you're ready to blow it.

  Robert Evans

  Blow, Way, Deals

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• Living and breathing an authentic story is the best way to survive in a conversation-rich world.

  Seth Godin

  Breathing, Stories, World

  Seth Godin (2006). “Small Is the New Big: and 183 Other Riffs, Rants, and Remarkable Business Ideas”, p.202, Penguin

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• If you want to walk on water, you have to get out of the boat.

  John Ortberg

  Water, Want, Boat

  John Ortberg (2013). “The Life You've Always Wanted Participant's Guide: Six Sessions on Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People”, p.122, Harper Collins

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• If all my friends were to jump off a bridge, I wouldn't jump with them, I'd be at the bottom to catch them. Everyone hears what you say. Friends listen to what you say. Best friends listen to what you don't say.

  Tim McGraw

  Friendship, Bridges, Bottom

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• Wearing the same shirts doesn't make a team.

  Clay Buchholz

  Team Building, Team Work, Inspirational Team

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• There's so much spontaneity involved, what do you practice? How do you practice teamwork? How do you practice sharing? How do you practice daring? How do you practice being nonjudgmental?

  Herbie Hancock

  Music, Practice, Spontaneity

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• Kindness makes for much better teamwork.

  John Wooden

  Kindness

  John Wooden (2013). “Quotes from Coach John Wooden: Winning with Principle”, p.56, B&H Publishing Group

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• Art - when it is really doing what it should do - teaches abstract thinking; it teaches teamwork; it teaches people to actually think about things that they cannot see.

  Bill T. Jones

  Art, Thinking, People

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• Kobe was hell-bent on surpassing Jordan as the greatest player in the game. His obsession with Michael was striking. When we played in Chicago that season, I orchestrated a meeting between the two of them, thinking that Michael might help shift Kobe’s attitude toward selfless teamwork. After they shook hands, the first words out of Kobe’s mouth were, ‘You know I can kick your ass one on one.’

  Phil Jackson

  Attitude, Player, Thinking

  "Phil Jackson's new book focuses a lot on (who else?) Kobe Bryant" by Mike Bresnahan, articles.latimes.com. May 16, 2013.

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• If you want to be great, you can't be great by yourself. You gotta to bring people around you. As the the challenge escalates, the need for teamwork elevates. The greater the challenge, the better the team.

  John C. Maxwell

  People, Challenges, Needs

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