Top 55 Teamwork Quotes

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The difference between being successful and a failure is teamwork. With that in mind, check out the top 55 teamwork quotes to inspire you.

#55 – 50. Teamwork Quotes

55. “Politeness is the poison of collaboration.” – Edwin Land

54. “When you hand good people possibility, they do great things.” ― Biz Stone

53. “In the midst of chaos, there is also opportunity” ― Sun Tzu

52. “The world is moving so fast these days that the man who says it can’t be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.” ― Elbert Hubbard

51. “Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.” – Helen Keller

50. “It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.”— Harry S Truman

#49 – 40. Teamwork Quotes

49. “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

48. “If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” – Isaac Newton

47. “It is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) that those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.” – Charles Darwin

46. “One piece of log creates a small fire, adequate to warm you up, add just a few more pieces to blast an immense bonfire, large enough to warm up your entire circle of friends; needless to say that individuality counts but teamwork dynamites.” – Jin Kwon

45. “It takes two flints to make a fire.” –Louisa May Alcott

44. “Individual commitment to a group effort–that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” –Vince Lombardi

43. “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

42. “You need to be aware of what others are doing, applaud their efforts, acknowledge their successes, and encourage them in their pursuits. When we all help one another, everybody wins.” – Jim Stovall

41. “A great leader takes people where they don’t necessarily want to go, but ought to be.” ― Rosalynn Carter

40. “To me, teamwork is the beauty of our sport, where you have five acting as one. You become selfless.” –Mike Krzyzewski

#39 – 30. Teamwork Quotes

39. “It’s better to be alone than in bad company.” ― George Washington

38. “I invite everyone to choose forgiveness rather than division, teamwork over personal ambition.” –Jean-Francois Cope

37. “Never confuse movement with action.” ― Ernest Hemingway

36. “Many ideas grow better when transplanted into another mind than the one where they sprang up.” – Oliver Wendell Holmes

35. “It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.” – Napolean Hill

34. “I don’t like that man. I must get to know him better.” ― Abraham Lincoln

33. “Great things in business are never done by one person; they’re done by a team of people.” – Steve Jobs

32. “If you want to lift yourself up, lift up someone else.” – Booker T. Washington

31. “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” –Michael Jordan

30. “Success is best when it’s shared.” – Howard Schultz

#29 – 20. Teamwork Quotes

29. “Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success.” –Henry Ford

28. “None of us is as smart as all of us.” –Ken Blanchard

27. “Cooperation is the thorough conviction that nobody can get there unless everybody gets there.” – Virginia Burden

26. “If everyone is moving forward together, then success takes care of itself.” –Henry Ford

25. “Alone we can do so little, together we can do so much.” –Helen Keller

24. “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

23. “The ratio of We’s to I’s is the best indicator of the development of a team.” – Lewis B. Ergen

22. “The way to achieve your own success is to be willing to help somebody else get it first.” – Iyanla Vanzant

21. “A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to praise the skills of others.” – Norman Shidle

20. “Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success.” – Henry Ford

#19 – 10. Teamwork Quotes

19. “Individually, we are one drop. Together, we are an ocean.” – Ryunosuke Satoro

18. “The whole is other than the sum of the parts.” – Kurt Koffka

17. “Collaboration allows teachers to capture each other’s fund of collective intelligence.” –Mike Schmoker

16. “The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” –Phil Jackson

15. “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

14. “None of us, including me, ever do great things. But we can all do small things, with great love, and together we can do something wonderful.” – Mother Teresa

13. “If you take out the team in teamwork, it’s just work. Now who wants that?” ― Matthew Woodring Stover

12. “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” – Mark Twain

11. “Find a group of people who challenge and inspire you, spend a lot of time with them, and it will change your life forever.”― Amy Poehler

10. “No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.” – H.E. Luccock

#9 – 1. Teamwork Quotes

9. “The best teamwork comes from men who are working independently toward one goal in unison.” –James Cash Penney

8. “Our destiny is not written for us, it’s written by us” — Barack Obama

7. “If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.” – African Proverb

6. “We rise by lifting others” ― Robert Ingersoll

5. “To be good, and to do good, is all we have to do.” ― John Adams

4. “Individual commitment to a group effort — that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.” – Vince Lombardi

3. “There is no such thing as a self-made man. You will reach your goals only with the help of others.” – George Shinn

2. “Unity is strength. . . when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.” –Mattie Stepanek

1.”Remember, teamwork begins by building trust. And the only way to do that is to overcome our need for invulnerability.” –Patrick Lencioni

The ideas for the top 55 teamwork quotes were taken from the following sources.^[1]Inc. – 15 Quotes to Inspire Great Teamwork^[2]Hubspot – 45 Quotes That Celebrate Teamwork, Hard Work, and Collaboration^[3]Work Life – 18 non-corny teamwork quotes you’ll actually like