Success comes through the application of power, and power is attained through the cooperative efforts of other people.
Trust is the glue that holds everything together.
Discipline is the soul of an army. It makes small numbers formidable; procures success to the weak, and esteem to all.
GWGeorge WashingtonLetter of Instructions to the Captains of the Virginia Regiments (1759)
Every post is honorable in which a man can serve his country.
It is infinitely better to have a few good men than many indifferent ones.
By leadership we mean the art of getting someone else to do something that you want done because he wants to do it.
Let us learn together and laugh together and work together and pray together, confident that in the end we will triumph together in the right.
We can choose to alleviate suffering. We can choose to work together for peace.
Nothing can stand in the way of the power of millions of voices calling for change.
If you want to make peace with your enemy, you have to work with your enemy. Then he becomes your partner.
A small body of determined spirits fired by an unquenchable faith in their mission can alter the course of history.
I would unite with anybody to do right; and with nobody to do wrong.
Join the union, girls, and together say Equal Pay for Equal Work.
With such women consecrating their lives, failure is impossible!
SBSusan B. AnthonySpeech at the National American Woman Suffrage Association convention (1906)
Alone we can do so little. Together we can do so much.
HKHelen KellerAs quoted by Joseph P. Lash in Helen and Teacher (1980)
If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of Giants.
You manage things, you lead people. We went overboard on management and forgot about leadership.
GHGrace HopperInterview, The Wit and Wisdom of Grace Hopper (1987)
Every individual matters. Every individual has a role to play. Every individual makes a difference.
When people are friends, they have no need of justice, but when they are just, they need friendship in addition.
Associate with those who will make a better man of you. Welcome those whom you yourself can improve. The process is mutual; for men learn while they teach.
SSenecaMoral Letters to Lucilius, Letter VII, tr. Richard Gummere
Management of many is the same as management of few. It is a matter of organization.
A skilled commander seeks victory from the situation and does not demand it of his subordinates.
Treat your men as you would your own beloved sons. And they will follow you into the deepest valley.
Trust men and they will be true to you; treat them greatly, and they will show themselves great.
We hired truly great people and gave them the room to do great work.
SJSteve JobsFresh Air interview with Terry Gross, NPR (1996)
The purpose of an organization is to enable common men to do uncommon things.
PDPeter DruckerManagement: Tasks, Responsibilities, Practices (1973)
A manager's task is to make the strengths of people effective and their weakness irrelevant.
If each of us hires people who are smaller than we are, we shall become a company of dwarfs.
Train people well enough so they can leave, treat them well enough so they don't want to.
Victory is much more meaningful when it comes not just from the efforts of one person, but from the joint achievements of many.
Getting the right people in the right jobs is a lot more important than developing a strategy.
In manufacturing, we try to stamp out variance. With people, variance is everything.
No man will make a great leader who wants to do it all himself, or to get all the credit for doing it.
I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.
Employees first, customers second, shareholders third.
To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades.
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.
MJMichael JordanI Can't Accept Not Trying: Michael Jordan on the Pursuit of Excellence (1994)
Teamwork is what the Green Bay Packers were all about. They didn't do it for the individual glory. They did it because they loved one another.
VLVince LombardiAs reported in Run to Win: Vince Lombardi on Coaching and Leadership (2001)
The main ingredient of stardom is the rest of the team.
A player who makes a team great is more valuable than a great player.
JWJohn WoodenIBM television commercial, The Prodigy (2003)
Baseball always has been and always will be a game demanding team play. You can have the nine greatest individual ball players in the world, but if they don't play together the club won't be worth a dime.
BRBabe RuthBabe Ruth's Own Book of Baseball (1928), ch. 10
I am a member of a team, and I rely on the team, I defer to it and sacrifice for it, because the team, not the individual, is the ultimate champion.
MHMia HammGo for the Goal: A Champion's Guide to Winning in Soccer and Life (1999)
It's about putting them in a position to be successful.
MHMia HammInterview with Forbes (September 11, 2023), on the next U.S. coach
The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.
PJPhil JacksonWidely attributed; echoes Rudyard Kipling's line about the wolf and the pack, which Jackson used with his teams
Good teams become great ones when the members trust each other enough to surrender the Me for the We.