Multiply Success Through Collaboration Quotes
Nothing great is a solo act. The man who combines strengths with the right people accomplishes what no amount of individual effort ever could. This Influence path holds history's greatest quotes on teamwork and collaboration. Scroll through and put them to work.
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“The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.”
“The way to get things done is not to mind who gets the credit for doing them.”
“You cannot do anything of real value alone.”
“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.”
“Remember, teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.”
“A rising tide lifts all boats.”
“Organized effort is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.”
“People don't buy what you do; they buy why you do it.”
“Teamwork makes the dream work.”
“The meeting of two minds is like the contact of two chemical substances: if there is any reaction, both are transformed.”
“Unless you have perfectly conventional beliefs, it's rarely a good idea to tell everybody everything that you know.”
“Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.”
“Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds.”
“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.”
“Sometimes you gotta create what you want to be part of.”
“Power is organized effort.”
“The only way on earth to influence other people is to talk about what they want and show them how to get it.”
“We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.”
“You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them. When we all help one another, everybody wins.”
“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.”
“Unity is strength. When there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.”
“The most important single ingredient in the formula of success is knowing how to get along with people.”
“A single arrow is easily broken, but not ten in a bundle.”
“It's amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”
“The greatest people are self-managing—they don't need to be managed. Once they know what to do, they'll go figure out how to do it. What they need is a common vision. And that's what leadership is.”
“None of us is more important than the rest of us.”
“A mastermind is a mind developed through the harmonious cooperation of two or more people who ally themselves for the purpose of accomplishing any given task.”
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.”
“No two minds ever come together without thereby creating a third, invisible, intangible force which may be likened to a third mind.”
“If you want to buy a man's head and hands, you must first capture his heart.”
“Keep your eyes open and try to catch people in your company doing something right, then praise them for it.”
“The richest people in the world look for and build networks; everyone else looks for work.”
“The secret of the team's success is easy - unity and hard work.”
“When you need to innovate, you need collaboration.”
“Collaboration is essential to innovation”
“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.”
“Always consider investing in a grade A man with a grade B idea. Never invest in a grade B man who has a grade A idea.”
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
“There are two things people want more than sex and money: recognition and praise.”
“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.”
“A new idea is delicate. It can be killed by a sneer or a yawn; it can be stabbed to death by a joke or worried to death by a frown on the right person's brow.”
“In a battle between two ideas, the best one doesn't necessarily win. No, the idea that wins is the one with the most fearless heretic behind it.”
“Success in this world is always a matter of individual effort, yet you can only succeed with the cooperation of others.”
“The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.”
“You've got to create the hole to fill the hole.”
“The whole is greater than the sum of its parts.”
“Success is best when it's shared.”
“There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others.”
“No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you're playing a solo game, you'll always lose out to a team.”
