Quotes About Leadership And Teamwork
As leaders, our success depends on our ability to mold a group of individuals into a team that can accomplish more than they may think they can.
When I work with a team, I stress interdependence – the concept that each of us is successful when all of us are successful.
The quotes in this article are designed to provide inspiration to leaders and inspiration for teams. They emphasize the central role of teamwork in a team’s success.
Enjoy!
“It takes two flints to make a fire.” — Louisa May Alcott
“The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.” — John Wooden
“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
“Don’t let winning make you soft. Don’t let losing make you quit. Don’t let your teammates down in any situation.” — Larry Bird
“Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” — Buddha
“Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.” — Henry Ford
“Great things in business are never done by one person; they’re done by a team of people.” – Steve Jobs
“If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” — Henry Ford
“The strength of the team is each member. The strength of each member is the team.” — Phil Jackson
“Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” — Vince Lombardi
“There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.” — President Lyndon B. Johnson
“Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.” — Michael Jordan
“Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” — Helen Keller
“Great teams do not hold back with one another. They are unafraid to air their dirty laundry. They admit their mistakes, their weaknesses, and their concerns without fear of reprisal.” — Patrick Lencioni
“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.” —H.E. Luccock
“Teamwork makes the dream work.” — John C. Maxwell
“Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” — Ryunosuke Satoro
“Success is empty if you arrive at the finish line alone. The best reward is to get there surrounded by winners”. — Howard Schultz
“Whatever you do in life, surround yourself with smart people who’ll argue with you.” — John Wooden
“It is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) that those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” — Charles Darwin
Which quote did you like best? I like Phil Jackson’s quote. He’s paraphrasing one of my favorite lines from Rudyard Kipling’s Second Jungle Book.
Leave a comment to share your favorite teamwork quote.
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