100 Teamwork Quotes That Celebrate Collaboration
No one builds something meaningful alone.
Teamwork is where ideas evolve, problems get solved faster, and progress becomes sustainable.
Whether you’re part of a close-knit crew or leading a large group, these quotes celebrate the impact of collaboration.
If you’re looking to strengthen your team or simply appreciate the value of working together, these words are for you.
Top Teamwork Quotes
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships. ~ Michael Jordan
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. ~ Helen Keller
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. ~ African Proverb
The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team. ~ Phil Jackson
Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success. ~ Henry Ford
None of us is as smart as all of us. ~ Ken Blanchard
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
Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. ~ Vince Lombardi
The ratio of We’s to I’s is the best indicator of the development of a team. ~ Lewis B. Ergen
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. ~ Babe Ruth
No one can whistle a symphony. It takes an orchestra to play it. ~ H.E. Luccock
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
The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison. ~ James Cash Penney
Teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability. ~ Patrick Lencioni
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed. ~ Napoleon Hill
No matter how brilliant your mind or strategy, if you’re playing a solo game, you’ll always lose out to a team. ~ Reid Hoffman
Remember, teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability. ~ Patrick Lencioni
Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life. ~ Amy Poehler
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. ~ Aristotle
Collaborative Success Quotes
The secret is to gang up on the problem, rather than each other. ~ Thomas Stallkamp
Effectively, change is almost impossible without industry-wide collaboration, cooperation, and consensus. ~ Simon Mainwaring
Politeness is the poison of collaboration. ~ Edwin Land
Collaboration allows us to know more than we are capable of knowing by ourselves. ~ Paul Solarz
Collaboration is multiplication. ~ John C. Maxwell
Collaboration is important not just because it’s a better way to learn. The spirit of collaboration is penetrating every institution and all of our lives. So learning to collaborate is part of equipping yourself for effectiveness, problem solving, innovation and life-long learning in an ever-changing networked economy. ~ Don Tapscott
Collaboration is a key part of the success of any organization, executed through a clearly defined vision and mission and based on transparency and constant communication. ~ Dinesh Paliwal
Collaboration is the best way to work. It’s the only way to work, really. ~ Antony Starr
The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison. ~ James Cash Penney
Collaboration allows teachers to capture each other’s fund of collective intelligence. ~ Mike Schmoker
Collaboration is the essence of life. The wind, bees and flowers work together, to spread the pollen. ~ Amit Ray
Collaboration is not about giving up our individuality; it’s about realizing our greater potential. ~ Joseph Rain
Collaboration is the way to go. It’s very timely and fun to do. ~ Damon Albarn
Collaboration is a process through which people who see different aspects of a problem can constructively explore their differences and search for solutions that go beyond their own limited vision of what is possible. ~ Barbara Gray
Collaboration is the foundation of the standard of living we enjoy today. Trust is the glue. ~ Ron Garan
Collaboration is essential to sustain what we call profound or really deep change, because without it, organizations are just overwhelmed by the forces of the status quo. ~ Peter Senge
Collaboration is much like a birth. The song that springs forth resembles each one of us to a degree, but it’s the kind of thing that would never be born from just one of us sitting down with a guitar. ~ Grant-Lee Phillips
Collaboration is no longer a choice, it’s a necessity. ~ Anon
Collaboration is the key to success in any human endeavor. ~ Anon
Collaboration is the path to growth. ~ Anon
Team Building Quotes
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. ~ Babe Ruth
Build for your team a feeling of oneness, of dependence on one another and of strength to be derived by unity. ~ Vince Lombardi
The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team. ~ Phil Jackson
Unity is strength… when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved. ~ Mattie Stepanek
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
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships. ~ Michael Jordan
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. ~ Helen Keller
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. ~ African Proverb
The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison. ~ James Cash Penney
Teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability. ~ Patrick Lencioni
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
Remember, teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability. ~ Patrick Lencioni
The ratio of We’s to I’s is the best indicator of the development of a team. ~ Lewis B. Ergen
No one can whistle a symphony. It takes an orchestra to play it. ~ H.E. Luccock
Individual commitment to a group effort—that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. ~ Vince Lombardi
Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success. ~ Henry Ford
None of us is as smart as all of us. ~ Ken Blanchard
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
Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life. ~ Amy Poehler
Synergy & Cooperation Quotes
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. ~ Aristotle
Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It’s the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge. ~ Stephen Covey
Synergy is better than my way or your way. It’s our way. ~ Stephen Covey
Synergy is the highest activity of life; it creates new untapped alternatives; it values and exploits the mental, emotional, and psychological differences between people. ~ Stephen Covey
Synergy is created when things work in concert together to create an outcome that is in some way of more value than the total of what the individual inputs is. ~ R. Buckminster Fuller
Synergy is the only word in our language that means behavior of whole systems unpredicted by the separately observed behaviors of any of the system’s separate parts. ~ Buckminster Fuller
Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of the soil so that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. ~ Stephen Covey
Synergy is the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously. ~ Mark Twain
Synergy is the creation of a whole that is greater than the simple sum of its parts. ~ Anonymous
Synergy means that the whole is greater than the sum of its parts. ~ Anonymous
Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there. ~ Virginia Burden
Cooperation is a higher moral principle than competition. ~ Bryant McGill
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. ~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
Cooperation and conflict are two sides of the same coin; both arise out of man’s relationship with his fellows. ~ Kenneth Boulding
Cooperation is the conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there. ~ Virginia Burden
No matter what accomplishments you make, somebody helped you. ~ Althea Gibson
The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation. ~ Bertrand Russell
Every kind of peaceful cooperation among men is primarily based on mutual trust and only secondarily on institutions such as courts of justice and police. ~ Albert Einstein
The best way to destroy an enemy is to make him a friend. ~ Abraham Lincoln
We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools. ~ Martin Luther King Jr.
Effective Communication Quotes
The single biggest problem in communication is the illusion that it has taken place. ~ George Bernard Shaw
Communication – the human connection – is the key to personal and career success. ~ Paul J. Meyer
The most important thing in communication is hearing what isn’t said. ~ Peter Drucker
Communication works for those who work at it. ~ John Powell
Effective communication is 20% what you know and 80% how you feel about what you know. ~ Jim Rohn
To effectively communicate, we must realize that we are all different in the way we perceive the world and use this understanding as a guide to our communication with others. ~ Tony Robbins
Communication leads to community, that is, to understanding, intimacy and mutual valuing. ~ Rollo May
The art of communication is the language of leadership. ~ James Humes
Communication is a skill that you can learn. It’s like riding a bicycle or typing. If you’re willing to work at it, you can rapidly improve the quality of every part of your life. ~ Brian Tracy
Wise men speak because they have something to say; fools because they have to say something. ~ Plato
Communication is not only the essence of being human, but also a vital property of life. ~ John A. Piece
The way we communicate with others and with ourselves ultimately determines the quality of our lives. ~ Tony Robbins
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind. ~ Rudyard Kipling
Communication is the real work of leadership. ~ Nitin Nohria
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn’t being said. ~ Peter Drucker
Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall. ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes
Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people. ~ William Butler Yeats
Communication is the sister of leadership. ~ John Adair
The more elaborate our means of communication, the less we communicate. ~ Joseph Priestley
Good communication is just as stimulating as black coffee, and just as hard to sleep after. ~ Anne Morrow Lindbergh
