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Quote List for Teamwork

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Those who plot against their friends often find to their surprise that they destroy themselves in the bargain. Aesop
We don’t see things as they are, we see things as we are.Anais Nin 1903-1977
My best friend is the man who in wishing me well wishes it for my sake. Aristotle (384-322 B.C.)
He makes things easier for himself who makes things easier for others. Asian Idiom
Mixing one's wines may be a mistake; but old and new wisdom mix admirably. Bertolt Brecht (1898-1956)
The greater intellect one has, the more originality one finds in men. Ordinary persons find no differences between men.Blaise Pascal (1623-1662)
It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit. Harry S Truman (1884-1972)
A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm. Henrik Ibsen (1828-1906)
Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success. Henry Ford (1863-1947)
Light is the task where many share the toil. Homer
My grandfather told me that there are two kinds of people; those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try and be in the first group; there was less competition there.Indira Gandi (1917-1984)
We are all failures - at least, all the best of us are. J. M. Barrie (1860 - 1937)
Nothing important comes with instructions.James Richardson
Three-fourths of the misery and misunderstandings in the world will disappear if we step into the shoes of our adversaries and understand their standpoint. Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948)
Let us live so that when we come to die even the undertaker will be sorry. Mark Twain (1835-1910)
Life's most persistent and urgent question is, 'What are you doing for others?Martin Luther King JR.
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools.Martin Luther King JR.
We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.Martin Luther King JR.
You can tell whether a man is clever by his answers. You can tell whether a man is wise by his questions. Naguib Mahfouz
Teams have the potential to thrive more on the differences between members than the similarities. Peter Honey
Every time we were beginning to form up into teams, we would be reorganised. I was to learn later in life that we tend to meet any new situation by reorganisation - and a wonderful method it can be for creating the illusion of progress while producing confusion, inefficiency, and demoralisation.Petronius Arbitor
He who digs a hole for another may fall in himself. Russian Proverb
Words divide us actions unite us. Slogan of the Tupamaros
False words are not only evil in themselves; but they infect the soul with evil. Socrates (470-399 B.C.)
More belongs to marriage than four legs in a bed. Thomas Fuller (1710-1790)
If one dog eats another dog - that city will experience hard times.Unknown