Mantras for your success
Team building quotes can serve as mantras for you team, encouraging,
motivating and inspiring. One of the first team building quotes of all time is attributed to Benjamin Franklin; he is reputed to say at the signing of the American Declaration of Independence,
“Well, gentlemen… we must all hang together now – or we shall assuredly hang separately!”
The purpose of a team is to have each other’s back – and if one person’s neck is in a noose, the rest of the team should feel they are right on the gibbet with them! Everyone has to pull together and show team spirit in order to succeed fully.
Here are some quotes to share in a team setting to get everyone on the same page!
It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you. ~Dwight D. Eisenhower
No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality of his rowing. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Individual commitment to a group effort; that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work. ~Vince Lombardi
There are few, if any, jobs in which ability alone is sufficient. Needed, also, are loyalty, sincerity, enthusiasm and team play. ~William B. Given, Jr.
Team-player: One who unites others toward a shared destiny through sharing information and ideas, empowering others and developing trust. ~Dennis Kinlaw
Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is success. ~Henry Ford
Of course, the best source of quotes is always the elusive unknown:
There is no I in Teamwork.
Teamwork: Simply stated, it is less me and more we.
It is amazing how much you can accomplish when it doesn’t matter who gets the credit.
Teamwork divides the task and double the success.
The basic building block of good teambuilding is for a leader to promote the feeling that every human being is unique and adds value.
Teamwork is the fuel that allows common people to attain uncommon results.
A championship team is a team of champions.
We are most effective as a team when we compliment each other without embarrassment and disagree without fear.
Wild ducks make a lot of noise, but they also have the sense to benefit from occasionally flying in formation.
These team building quotes can raise morale, lift spirits, and increase willingness to participate. Have a few made into posters to hang in the workplace, and use others as motivation for teamwork building events!