W. Edwards Deming Quotes

In the end, the aggressors always destroy themselves, making way for others who know how to cooperate and get along. Life is much less a competitive struggle for survival than a triumph of cooperation and creativity.

No one will do for you what you need to do for yourself. We cannot afford to be separate. We have to see that all of us are in the same boat.

We need to redefine community and find a variety of ways of coming together and helping each other.

The bird a nest, the spider a web, man friendship.

There is no one subsists by himself alone.

I know it's not a one man team win or lose.

We work as a team. I think having the individual being shown as a star actually creates problems internally. We encourage all our investors to work as a team for the benefit of the founders.

Look, you come in here tomorrow, and anything you do with your right hand I'll do with my left.

People are not considerate of others. They tend not to consider themselves as all living together, but see themselves only as individuals.

We have had in our nation a well-celebrated Declaration of Independence. But our success as a country will depend upon a new 'Declaration of Inter-dependence.' A belief in how much we need each other, how much we share one common destiny.

Reciprocity helps us balance the need for self-determination and creative individuality with mutual hope and, therefore, what might be described as 'solidarity.'

Since men are social by nature they are meant to live with others and to work for one another's welfare

A community is like a ship; everyone ought to be prepared to take the helm

You can’t do leadership alone.

We believe that “we are all in this together” is a better philosophy than “you are on your own”.

I learned early on that success is best if it is shared.

As Americans, we're raised with this idea of, 'We're number one.' As an individual, you absorb and you consume until you skyrocket to the top with your money and your whatever. That's not my philosophy. My philosophy is quite the opposite in that there's limited space, we have limited resources, and so it's not about the individual.

I can't gain anything off of anyone else not succeeding.

Competition must be replaced by cooperation.

You have one captain but, for me, it should be everyone who says something and help each other, then you can be a great team.

We win together, and we lose together.

Teams are a collective expression.

You have to be able to work as a unit sometimes, in the ring when you're wrestling other people.

The world owes us nothing; we owe each other the world.

And if we're all one, we need to stop our competition with each other. Most of the decisions we make are about survival and winning.