Teamwork Quotes

"One will weave the canvas; another will fell a tree by the light of his axe. Yet another will forge nails, and there will be others who observe the stars to learn how to navigate. And yet all will be as one. Building a boat isn’t about weaving canvas, forging nails, or reading the sky. It’s about giving a shared taste for the sea, by the light of which you will see nothing contradictory but rather a community of love."

- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

"Times of stress and difficulty are not the times when men who are on the same side can afford to think overmuch about the extent of their differences. It is more profitable to think of points of agreement."

- John Henry Joshua Ellison

"Remember, upon the conduct of each depends on the fate of all."

- Alexander the Great

"When you start out in a team, you have to get the teamwork going, and then you get something back."

- Michael Schumacher

"If a team is to reach its potential, each player must be willing to subordinate his personal goals to the good of the team."

- Bud Wilkinson

""Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. It is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.""

- Andrew Carnegie

""Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.""

- Michael Jordan

""If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.""

- African Proverb

""Teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.""

- Patrick Lencioni

""Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.""

- Helen Keller

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

- Phil Jackson

""Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.""

- Henry Ford

""None of us is as smart as all of us.""

- Ken Blanchard

""Many hands make light work.""

- John Heywood

""The whole is greater than the sum of the parts.""

- Kurt Koffka

""Great things in business are never done by one person; they're done by a team of people.""

- Steve Jobs

""The secret is to gang up on the problem, rather than each other.""

- Thomas Stallkamp

""A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to praise the skills of the others.""

- Norman Shidle

""Interdependent people combine their own efforts with the efforts of others to achieve their greatest success.""

- Stephen Covey

""The nice thing about teamwork is that you always have others on your side.""

- Margaret Carty

""Collaboration allows teachers to capture each other's fund of collective intelligence.""

- Mike Schmoker

""If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.""

- Henry Ford

""The ratio of We’s to I’s is the best indicator of the development of a team.""

- Lewis B. Ergen

""The team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.""

- A.G. Lafley

""To win in the marketplace you must first win in the workplace.""

- Doug Conant

""A successful team is a group of many hands but of one mind.""

- Bill Bethel

""The art of effective listening is essential to clear communication, and clear communication is necessary to management success.""

- James Cash Penney

""We cannot win in team situations or in relationships by ourselves.""

- Terry Orlick

"Regardless of differences, we strive shoulder to shoulder… Teamwork can be summed up in five short words: We believe in each other."

""The strength of a team can often be the deciding factor between success and failure.""