January: Collaboration

2023

It is amazing what you can accomplish if you do not care who gets the credit.

H. Truman (1884 – 1972) USA

2022

Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilisation work.

Vince Lombardi (USA 1913 – 1970)

2021

It is better to have one person working with you than three people working for you. 

Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 – 1978) USA

2020

It is amazing how much people can get done if they do not worry about who gets the credit. 

Sandra Swinney (1965 - ) USA

2019

Collaboration begins with mutual understanding and respect. 

Ron Garan (1961 - ) USA

2018

Respect your fellow human being, treat them fairly, disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship, explore your thoughts about one another candidly, work together for a common goal and help one another achieve it. No destructive lies. No ridiculous fears. No debilitating anger. 

Bill Bradley (1943 - ) USA

2017

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 of Calcutta (1910 – 1997) Albania.

2016

If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. 

Isaac Newton (1642 -1727) England

2015

It is the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed. 

Charles Darwin (1809 – 1882) England.

2014

Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success. 

Henry Ford (1863 – 1947) USA

2013

It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed. 

Napoleon Hill (1883-1970)

2012

Our duty, as men and women, is to proceed as if limits to our ability did not exist. We are collaborators in creation. 

Pierre Teilhard de Chardin (1881 - 1955)

2011

Those who want to do good to others, have already ensured good for themselves. 

Confucius (551 a.C – 479 a.C) China

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