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Quotes About Cooperation

Since the beginning of the 21st century, thanks to the concerted efforts of both sides, China-U.S. relationship has on the whole enjoyed steady growth. Since President Obama took office, we have maintained close contact through exchange of visits, meetings, telephone conversations and letters.
~ Hu Jintao
Leadership in today's world requires far more than a large stock of gunboats and a hard fist at the conference table.
~ Hubert H. Humphrey
This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
~ Hubert Humphrey
The test we must set for ourselves is not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.
~ Hubert Humphrey
We simply cannot get on as a society by purely individualistic methods, jealously guarding our own interests, governed by thought of self and fear of others. Progress, peace, victory--industrially, nationally, religiously, and in every sphere of life--are given to union, not to disunion.
~ Hugh Black
We do the right things because it's the right thing to do. We respond to others' needs because they have those needs. Our survival depends on cooperation. [p61, paraphrased]
~ Hugh Mackay
multiculturalism is the art of creating harmony out of diversity. [p58 Chapter 2: We were born to cooperate, not compete]
~ Hugh Mackay
God's command to have dominion over every living thing is a call to service, a test of responsibility, a rule of love, a cooperation with nature, whereas Satan's use of force for the sake of getting gain renders the earth uninhabitable. Brigham Young's views on the environment direct attention to man's responsibility to beautify the earth, to eradicate the influences of harmful substances, and to use restraint, that the earth may return to its paradisiacal glory.
~ Hugh Nibley
People should help each other just like the ocean and earth help each other through the water wave which is an give and take action.
~ Unknown
Water, everywhere over the earth, flows to join together. A single natural law controls it. Each human is a member of a community and should work within it.
~ I Ching
Thankfully, due to the United Kingdom and the commitment of the Westminster government we are able to ensure that money brought in, whether it be from the City of London or from North Sea oil, can be pooled and directed to wherever it is needed most. That is what being in the United Kingdom is all about.
~ Iain Duncan Smith
The point of civilization is to be civilized; the purpose of action is to perpetuate society, for only in society can philosophy truly take place.
~ Iain Pears
From each according to their abilities, to each according to their needs." —The Communist Manifesto
~ Ian Kerner
War created bizarre allies, while peace itself could be divisive.
~ Ian Rankin
Chantal and I are on opposite teams, so we have to cover each other. The guys have this weird way with us. For example, if we travel or double-dribble they won't call us on it, or, if we get knocked down by a good block they'll yell, "Foul!" and one of us gets to take a shot. But this favouritism also has a downside because they're always telling us what to do, like we don't know the rules of basketball or something.
~ Ibi Kaslik
Their style of government is called Democracy. The purpose of which is that the meat is claimed by a few men and the bones are tossed over to the people. They resolve all their issues with power but call it mutual cooperation. Their rulers call themselves Peoples' representatives. People do elect them for governance but it is the power of their wealth that gets them to the seat of government.
~ Unknown
The purpose of the Adizes Method is to achieve the process of management described in this book. People participate on subjects which either affect them or to which they have something to contribute. Via synerteams and the POCs, they can change whatever can and needs to be changed. And the structured, disciplined decision-making process of the Adizes Method enables people to feel responsible for the decisions that are made cooperatively.
~ Unknown
An organization managed by a Bureaucrat may achieve its goals in spite of its manager because people learn to bypass him. However, the harder the Arsonist tries to manage, the further behind his organization gets. While the Arsonist is busy making everyone else busy, the organization is going nowhere. The Arsonist changes direction too often, and his subordinates do not actually cooperate. The Arsonist fails because an organization cannot constantly change direction.
~ Unknown
Analysis of the history of any successful organization will show that it owed its success to a team of people whose styles, behavior, and needs were different but who could work together. Although organizational success is usually attributed to one person, behind that person is a team that enabled him to perform well.
~ Unknown
Cosas que parecen opuestas pueden de hecho estar trabajando juntas.
~ Idries Shah
Brotherhood" to the more civilised is connected with training and identity of interest.' Man
~ Idries Shah
So instead of talking about theoretical ways of ending the war and violence, I say that we have to get rid of the individual asholes in each office and situation.
~ Colin Quinn
The anarchist conclusion is that every kind of human activity should begin from what from what is local and immediate, should link in a network with no centre and no directing agency, hiving off new cells as the original grows.
~ Colin Ward
the ideal of a self-organizing society based on voluntary cooperation rather than upon coercion is irrepressible.
~ Colin Ward