John D. Rockefeller Quotes

It is probably not love that makes the world go around, but rather those mutually supportive alliances through which partners recognize their dependence on each other for the achievement of shared and private goals.

We will probably always be in business together.

The biggest thing that I learned is when you're building something - especially a project that requires partners - you have to make sure that there is a lot of overlapping desire and a lot of overlapping alignment with the people that you're doing work with.

The dogs and I are a single thing, and thus we share our interests. With them, I'm bigger and better than I am without them, and vice versa.

Collaboration is the way to go. It's very timely and fun to do.

Business and the state have a common interest; not an adversarial interest.

It's okay to have personal ambitions, but you have to take someone with you.

I think, team first. It allows me to succeed, it allows my team to succeed.

Joint undertakings stand a better chance when they benefit both sides.

Share your profits with all your associates, and treat them as partners. In turn, they will treat you as a partner, and together you will all perform beyond your wildest expectations.

Never treat your audience as customers, always as partners.

Business is a team sport.

Industrial relations are like sexual relations. It's better between two consenting parties.

… our common interests far outweigh our differences

We find ourselves at times irked at the role of junior partner … nevertheless … partnership is worth the price.

The great and overriding role of all alliances must be that of reciprocal interest.

I believe that the more this hemisphere operates with a sense of common purpose, I think the better we'll all do.

It's not about me. It's about the organization being successful.

When you have a fruitful relationship with someone, and you've both chosen to work together, then it can spawn really good things.

Everything isn't about synergy.

With clever and mature people, it becomes clear: you shake hands, and look together towards the same goal.

Me coming to Tampa made perfect sense. I felt like they had all the keys I needed and vice versa. I can help the team out and also they can help me.

I want to be a partner with business, labor, civic leaders, foundations, other churches so that we can work together... If I can talk to all of these people and have something in common, maybe I can get them to see that they also have something in common with each other when we come together.

Personal success means nothing if it isn't aligned with the success of the team. I consider myself to be a team player more than anything else.

Recognize and respect mutual self-interests, then build creative collaborations to serve them.