Quotes About Cooperation

What is this?" he asked. "Are you all conspiring against me? Even my horse?" It was the last three words that made Will smile. "We figured you mightn't listen to a healer, a Ranger or a knight of the realm," he said. "But if your horse agreed with them, you'd have no choice but to pay attention.

Zoals ik al eerder zei, oudje, doe jij jouw werk nou maar, dan doe ik het mijne. - Lydia, tegen Thorn

Too many of them see it as an "us and them" situation, Crowley had said when he briefed Will for the posting. After all, it is part of our task to keep tabs on them, to assess their battle readiness and their level of skill and training. Some Barons and Battlemasters don't like that. They like to believe they're running their own race and they don't care to have Rangers watching over their shoulders.

Zullen we om de beurt de wacht houden?' stelde ze voor. 'Fijn dat jij je daar vrijwillig voor aanbiedt,' antwoordde hij zonder zijn ogen open te doen. 'Wek me maar over twee uur.' 'Dus dat ik van het zwakke geslacht ben speelt geen enkele rol?' vroeg ze. 'Nee, absoluut niet. Leve de gelijkheid. Bovendien ben ik een oude man, dus heb ik mijn rust nodig... Het zwakke geslacht, tsss. Mijn rug op!' - Thorn en Lydia

Remember, Halt had told him, our task is to assist the barons but our first loyalty is to the King. We are the direct representatives of the King's will and sometimes that may not exactly coincide with local interests. We cooperate with the barons and we advise them. But we maintain our independence from them. Don't allow yourself to become indebted to your baron, or to become too close to the people of the castle.

Ik denk dat wij samen een uitstekend team zouden vormen. - Evanlyn, tegen Alyss

The world will never have lasting peace so long as men reserve for war the finest human qualities. Peace, no less than war, requires idealism and self-sacrifice and a righteous and dynamic faith.

I could see that the Wasichus did not care for each other the way our people did before the nation's hoop was broken. They would take everything from each other if they could, and so there were some who had more of everything than they could use, while crowds of people had nothing at all and maybe were starving. They had forgotten that the earth was their mother.10 This

If I seek to fulfill my own needs at the expense of my partner, we are sure to experience unhappiness, resentment, and conflict. The secret of forming a successful relationship is for both partners to win.

That love motivates you to cooperate, respect, appreciate, cherish, and admire that person.

I'll lift you and you lift me, and we'll both ascend together.

Rapport-Based Selling and No Need for Conflict!

Two heads are better than one.

Every man for himself and God for us all.

Of all the important relationships that Australia has with other countries, none has been more greatly transformed over the last 10 years than our relationship with China.

if I see myself only in terms of myself, I am always going to be wrong. To fully understand who I am and what I am capable of, I need to always see myself in terms of a community.

In theory, say you did have thousands of people—no, thousands of systems—enraged at a hypothetical Galactic Empire in a faraway galaxy. But they're all upset over local matters, over particular grievances, and they never get together on anything. So they get no strength in numbers, no strategic advantages from cooperation. They're easy to divide and conquer. And worst of all, no common spirit ever develops.

A starship is a weapon, but it's the crew that makes it deadly.

It's good to have an ally in the military who understands what I'm doing.

First we had the legs race. Then we had the arms race. Now we're going to have the brain race. And, if we're lucky, the final stage will be the human race.

Critical to the fight against global terrorism is an ability to move beyond presuppositions and stereotypes in our attitudes and policies and to form partnerships that transcend an "us" and "them" view of the world. (p. 135)

A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.

The most important one was the belief, which went back to Lenin, that capitalists would never be able to cooperate with one another for very long. Their inherent greediness—the irresistible urge to place profits above politics—would sooner or later prevail, leaving communists with the need only for patience as they awaited their adversaries' self-destruction.

at least where there is enough, and as good, left in common for others.