Kofi Annan Quotes

It is simply not feasible for sovereignty to be exercised unilaterally by individual nation-states, however powerful. It is a principle which will yield only slowly and reluctantly to the imperatives of global environmental cooperation.

The more you participate in our common endeavors, the more successful your work in the factory, mine, wharf or village, in an economic institute or in the arts, in commerce or administration, the sooner we will be where we all want to be.

Unity is strength... when there is teamwork and collaboration, wonderful things can be achieved.

Competition has been shown to be useful up to a certain point and no further, but cooperation, which is the thing we must strive for today, begins where competition leaves off.

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

I really do believe that working together works, and it's amazing to me.

In 2009, during my inaugural address, I expressed the importance of unprecedented partnerships. Since then, Utah's government, business, and education leaders in communities statewide have worked together more frequently and with better results than ever before.

This working together is just so important: you're either working together, or you're not working together.

Teamwork is the best kind of work, really.

Many hands make light work.

When public and private sectors combine intellectual and other resources, more can be achieved.

The combined results of several people working together is often much more effective than could be that of an individual scientist working alone.

Collaboration is really important.

I love to collaborate! That's totally my preference. And I feel like everything I do ends up being that way.

If co-operation, is thus the lifeblood of science and technology, it is similarly vital to society as a whole.

Monumental achievements by humanity should be done by major organizations as much together as possible.

I'm one that likes to collaborate.

What has changed is that people have stopped working together.

Collaboration is the best way to work. It's only way to work, really.

When I say, 'We're a team,' the reason why I point that out is because at 'All My Children,' that's the mindset. They're a team. And I've said this to other people: They're like a united front.

Progress is only possible if the United States and its allies work together.

I am a believer in cooperation.

Teamwork is better than isolation, especially for a columnist.

Our concept is not that America should operate alone or by itself in world affairs or in military affairs.

People should give up the old concepts of 'you lose. I win', or zero-sum game, and establish a new concept of peaceful development and win-win cooperation. If China develops well, it will benefit the whole world and benefit the United States. If the United States develops well, it will also benefit the world and China.