Character Quotables: Collaboration
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“Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.”
“In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.”
“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
“It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”
“There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.”
“Unity does not mean sameness. It means oneness of purpose.”
“Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself.”
“A team that sweats together sticks together.”
“If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.”
“No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing.”
“United we stand, divided we fall.”
“Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”
“Unity is strength…when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.”
“No man is an island, entire of itself; every man is a piece of the continent.”
“Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.”
“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.”
“Most great learning happens in groups. Collaboration is the stuff of growth.”
“The people closest to me determine my level of success or failure. The better they are, the better I am. And if I want to go to the highest level, I can do it only with the help of other people. We have to take each other higher.”
“Nature is based on harmony. So it says if we want to survive and become more like nature, then we actually have to understand that it’s cooperation versus competition.”
“He who cannot help may hinder.”
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances. If there is any reaction, both are transformed.”
“When was ever honey made with one bee in a hive?”
“Not in numbers but in unity that our great strength lies.”
“Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there.”
“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.”
“In union there is strength.”
“Sticks in a bundle are unbreakable.”
“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.”
“Individually we are one drop. Together we are an ocean.”
“Victory is much more meaningful when it comes not just from one person, but from the joint achievements of many.”
“Problems can become opportunities when the right people come together.”
“It is not in numbers, but in unity, that our great strength lies.”
“Non-cooperation with evil is as much a duty as is cooperation with good.”
“Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much.”
“If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive. If you want to be exponentially better: Be cooperative.”
“When spider webs unite, they can tie up a lion.”
“None of us is as smart as all of us.”
“When a collection of brilliant minds, attitudes, and talents come together… expect a masterpiece”
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.”
How can you use Quotes?
Start a discussion: Quotes can start a discussion about a character trait at the beginning of a meeting or the dinner table. You can ask questions about what it means, how they have seen the trait demonstrated in their own lives, or how they can develop it themselves.
Provide a model: Quotes can provide a model of good character. When you read a quote from a famous person or historical figure, you show that people they admire also value the same character traits.
Use quotes as writing/journal prompts: Ask them to write a short essay about a quote to help them think more deeply about its implications for their lives.
Post quotes: You can post quotes where they will be seen/heard often – classroom, breakroom, lobby, dining room, email signatures, video bulletin boards, morning announcements, social media, etc.
Read quotes aloud: You can read quotes aloud to your children during mealtimes, bedtime, or any other time you spend together.
Make it fun: You can make it even more fun by incorporating games, activities, or crafts. Let children decorate signs with the quotes to hang in the classroom or a bedroom door. Record children saying it and post it on social media.
