Quotes About Cooperation

We, therefore, here in Britain stand shoulder to shoulder with our American friends in this hour of tragedy, and we, like them, will not rest until this evil is driven from our world.

In the name of the United States and President Bush, I want to thank the Mexican people, President Fox and his government for their friendship.

Markets do not automatically generate trust, cooperation or collective action for the common good. Quite the contrary: it is in the nature of economic competition that a participant who breaks the rules will triumph—at least in the short run—over more ethically sensitive competitors.

The business of peace requires more than showing up with paint brushes, foodstuffs and an oil pipeline or two.

Friends and colleagues with the same chosen shortlist usually agree and co-operate but rarely ever with others.

It was a long time before the Snork came back with the wood. "Well, there you are at last," said his sister. "It took quite a time, said the Snork, "because, of course, I had to find pieces that were all exactly the same length." "Is he always so particular?" asked Snufkin. "He was born like that," said the Snork Maiden.

Anna minun auttaa, huusi Nipsu ja tarttui pitkäsiimalaatikkoon. Hän hyppäsi suoraan Seikkailun laidalle, ja veneen kallistuessa pitkäsiimalaatikko tipahti alassuin pohjalle tyhjentäen puolet sisällöstään sotkuksi hankaimiin ja ankkuriin. -Mainiota, sanoi Niisku. -Aivan erinomaista. Meritottumusta ja rauhallista liikkumista veneissä ja niin poispäin. Ja varsinkin kunnioitusta toisten työtä kohtaan. Hah.

Constance was riding piggyback, Kate and Reynie were tiptoeing, and Sticky, who was bad at tiptoeing (he brought his knees rather too high, so that he looked and sounded like a prancing horse), carried his shoes and walked silently in his socks.

I've always loved the experience of working together with other people toward an artistic goal.

Sowing discord among our Men & Women over individual philosophical perceptions, religious or otherwise, will not be tolerated within my ranks. Grow up or vacate.

A fly and a flea in a flue (3 beats) Were imprisoned, so what could they do? (3 beats) Said the fly, "Let us flee!" (2 beats) "Let us fly!" said the flea, (2 beats) So they fled through a flaw in the flue. (3 beats)

WITH ALL, COOPERATION. FOR ALL, RESPECT. ABOVE ALL, HONOR.

The other dragonets were his own size (nearly), and they didn't cheat (well, most of the time).

Act smart, stay alive, stick together but don't be an idiot — those are our basic rules.

Where SkyWings and MudWings were on the same side,

Listen. I used to think I could do everything by myself, too. I didn't want help from anyone. But I wouldn't be here now if it weren't for my friends.

Cinema is a collaboration where everyone tries to erase everyone else's work.

most of a leadership team's objectives should be collective ones.

there cannot be alignment deeper in the organization, even when employees want to cooperate, if the leaders at the top aren't in lockstep with one another

If you ask me, the best thing that's happened in the last year is that we've almost become a jackass-free zone. No matter what happens, and what challenge we might face, give me a roomful of people who aren't jackasses, and I'll be happy to take it on.

Great team players lack excessive ego or concerns about status. They are quick to point out the contributions of others and slow to seek attention for their own. They share credit, emphasize team over self, and define success collectively rather than individually. It is no great surprise, then, that humility is the single greatest and most indispensable attribute of being a team player.

Keep in mind that a real team should be spending considerable time together in meetings and working sessions. In fact, it is not uncommon that as much as 20 percent of each team member's time is spent working through issues and solving problems with the team as a whole. p. 105

The most well-intentioned, well-designed departmental communication program will not tear down silos unless the people who created those silos want them torn down.

On a cohesive team, leaders are not there simply to represent the departments that they lead and manage but rather to solve problems that stand in the way of achieving success for the whole organization. That means they'll readily offer up their departments' resources when it serves the greater good of the team, and they'll take an active interest in the thematic goal regardless of how closely related it is to their functional area.