William Stafford Quotes

I've learned that people will seldom let you down if they understand that your destiny is in their hands, and vice versa.

The success of each is dependent upon the success of the other.

Most people depend on a lot of other people.

There is not a single one of us with a job that is not completely reliant in some way shape or form on others.

People have got to get over the fear of not being able to trust others. I come across people who are very successful in their own sphere, and really believe they can do it all themselves, but they can't.

So you see, you can't do everything alone.

We have to move from our devotion to independence, through an understanding of interdependence

I'd never be a jerk with my teammates because I know I need them to be successful.

You gotta trust a person to work with 'em.

I'm open to working with anybody and everybody as long as I have faith in them and they have faith in me.

You've just got to believe in and trust everyone in your team, and no doubt they will, too.

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.

I trust you because I need you.

One right and honest definition of business is mutual helpfulness.

We are unselfish and we trust each other

The spirit of interdependence will not cost us more than it's worth. On the steep slope ahead, holding hands is necessary. And it just might be that we can learn to enjoy it.

If you’ll believe in me, I’ll believe in you.

The work that we do is so tricky because it rests on our shoulders, but it's also collaborative and part of it is trusting the people that you're working with.

In truth the most striking figure for the relation of the two is that of the strong blind man carrying the sighted lame man on his shoulders.

The natural order will emerge only if we let go of the fear of the disorder, we trust each other.

A team is not a group of people that work together. A team is a group of people that trust each other.

The real truth of that is that much as you want to believe that it's you being on top of everything, you're actually relying massively on the people around you.

From all of us Scarborough girls, greetings and thanks. This task required two, working together, trusting each other. It required the "us," not the "I." For that is true love, is it not?

Togetherness, for me, means teamwork. In my business of motion pictures and television entertainment, many minds and skillful hands must collaborate...T he work seeks to comprehend the spiritual and material needs and yearnings of gregarious humanity. It makes us reflect how completely dependent we are upon one another in our social and commercial life.

Isolation is a blind alley....Nothing on the planet grows except by convergence.