Teamwork Quotes

Enjoy our collection of famous teamwork quotes to live by. A lot of people falsely think that indiviudal effort done by many makes up a team and thusly is teamwork. The truth, however, is that teamwork means each individual contributes to a team effort by performing their assigned task to the very best of their ability while being aware of the contributions of other members so that unison is kept.

When a leader, be it the coach or a member of the team, is able to transfer their tenacity to others around them, they're able to inspire the rest of the team. And when that happens, each member of the group is more likely to come together not for the good of themselves, but for the good of the group.
Simon Sinek, Motivated Magazine

The evolving models of organizational culture are those of truly participative leadership and of self-management where managers become role models for the organization, renounce the authority of their "office", and turn into mentors and a source of experience and expertise.
Gordon F. Shea and Adolf Haasen, The Older Worker Advantage, Making The Most Of Our Aging Workforce

Workers are frustrated by a lack of communication from management. Give them enough information to do their jobs properly and to make them feel respected and included.
Barry Silverstein, Motivating Employees

Some people are so preoccupied with looking out for their own interests that they are naturally suspicious of just about everyone, including their teammates. But adopting the mind-set where you complete rather than compete with teammates is possible only if you suspend your suspicions and become a supportive team player.
~ John C. Maxwell, The 17 Essential Qualities Of A Team Player

Teamwork divides the task and multiplies the success.
Author Unknown

Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.
Henry Ford

No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.
H.E. Luccock

Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
Michael Jordan

Teamwork is the ability to work as a group toward a common vision, even if that vision becomes extremely blurry.
Author Unknown

No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.
Ralph Waldo Emerson

Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.
Vince Lombardi

It is amazing how much you can accomplish when it doesn't matter who gets the credit.
Author Unknown

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

Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.
Helen Keller

Many hands make light work.
John Heywood

The ratio of We's to I's is the best indicator of the development of a team.
Lewis B. Ergen

It's not that I'm so smart, it's just that I stay with problems longer.
Albert Einstein

The teacher who is indeed wise does not bid you to enter the house of his wisdom but rather leads you to the threshold of your mind.
Kahlil Gibran

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
Benjamin Franklin

You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions.
Naguib Mahfouz

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
Abraham Lincoln

Wisdom is knowing what to do next; Skill is knowing how to do it, and Virtue is doing it.
David Starr Jordan

Life is a gift of nature; but beautiful living is the gift of wisdom.
Greek Adage

The most certain sign of wisdom is continual cheerfulness; her state is like the things above the moon, always clear and serene.
Michael de Montaigne

Reading is knowledge and knowledge is power.
Author Unknown

Wisdom is supreme, therefore get wisdom. Though it cost all you have - get understanding.
Proverbs 4:7

Wisdom is divided into two parts: (a) having a great deal to say, and (b) not saying it.
Author Unknown

One's mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.
Oliver Wendell Holmes




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