Cooperate Quotes

“There is immense power when a group of people with similar interests gets together to work toward the same goals.”
― Idowu Koyenikan, Wealth for All: Living a Life of Success at the Edge of Your Ability

“They did not like each other particularly, would never have called one another friend or even have associated under different circumstances, and wherever they were, an argument seemed to lie only a few seconds' journey from them in any given direction.

But something had begun to grow between them as well--a sort of cooperative understanding--and the moments in which this was most obvious were the moments in which one of the two men would forgo his own strongly held way of being and embrace the other's, as if giving a moment of his life to his opposite in tribute.”
― Gavriel Savit

“Biologists will teach us that the survival of the species depends on cooperation, not competition.”
― Robert Holden, Loveability: Knowing How to Love and Be Loved

“While our roads might be markedly different, the fact that we are both walking a road intimately unites us. And if we each dare to step onto each other’s road for even a moment, we can profoundly enhance the journey for both of us. And so, might I invite you over.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“Leaders don’t give excessive vocal orders. They humbly involve people and together cooperate with them to make a change happen.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, Leaders' Ladder

“So, there’s this hornet’s nest. And there’s this long stick. And then there’s me. How I walk away from all of this will depend on whether I realize that some things go together and some things don’t no matter how hard you try.”
― Craig D. Lounsbrough

“It’s not easy to transform a culture built on exclusion. It’s hard to cooperate with people who want to dominate. But we don’t have a choice. We can’t just make the insiders into the new outsiders and call it change. We have to include everyone, even those who want to exclude us. It’s the only way to build the world we want to live in. Others have used their power to push people out. We have to use out power to bring people in. We can’t just add one more warring faction. We have to end factions. It’s the only way we become one.”
― Melinda Gates, The Moment of Lift: How Empowering Women Changes the World

“When you fail, you can resist correction or cooperate in your recovery and future success.”
― David P. Ingerson

“Cooperate expression of your church life means a lot”
― Sunday Adelaja

“The problem with many believers today is that they try to cooperate with the world”
― Sunday Adelaja

“Why cooperate with the government when you know from the outset that they are not going to uphold your legal rights.”
― Steven Magee

“When you bring your best to the table, no matter where you are or what you are doing, you bring out the best in others. And soon, you start to realize, that, in turn, helps them bring out the best in you. That’s the upward spiral. You find each other and form an elite group of go-to people in an otherwise ordinary context. I see that happen everywhere I go: circles or networks of go-to people who help each other and go out of their way to be mutually reliable.”
― Bruce Tulgan, The Art of Being Indispensable at Work: Win Influence, Beat Overcommitment, and Get the Right Things Done

“Though science and art are at odds with one another—competing for academic attention—they work beautifully together in the world of museums.”
― Mackenzie Finklea, Beyond the Halls: An Insider's Guide to Loving Museums

“As Gandhi recognized and demonstrated, perhaps the chief positive power we have in a world of relationships is the ability to withdraw our cooperation if the other refuses to respect our legitimate interests.”
― William Ury, The Power of a Positive No: How to Say No and Still Get to Yes

“We have since come to the full realization of the important part that cooperation plays in strategic situations, and how good strategy must appropriately mix competition and cooperation.”
― Avinash K. Dixit, The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life

“Businessmen and corporations must develop good competitive strategies to survive, and find cooperative opportunities to grow the pie.”
― Avinash K. Dixit, The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life

“Success relies on your capacity to cooperate, ability to regulate your emotions, capacity to delay gratification, and capacity to focus your attention.”
― J.Richard Hackman

“Faced with a surprise resignation meeting at a remote worksite with few witnesses at the Desoto Solar Farm, I decided the best thing I could do was agree to whatever they wanted and get off site as soon as I could to protect my personal health and safety from a desperate company. I thought my life could have been at risk during the surprise meeting if I did not cooperate.”
― Steven Magee