Max de Pree Quotes

When you do learn these things, when you understand what inclusion is, then we can accomplish greater things together.

Instead of imposing your will on every situation...focus on including everyone else, and just that little adjustment of attitude gives you the space to understand where and who you are.

I love to work with performers that are very different to me.

The beauty of having your ego checked as many times as my ego was checked in Newark made me recognize how much I needed other people who were very different than me in order to get big things done.

My office has no walls. You can't be removed from your team to be successful. You have to be respectful of others.

We share common values as San Franciscans: we help each other; we welcome newcomers; we innovate and learn; we focus on facts; we work together; and we find creative solutions.

And when I go around and talk to schools, what I tell the kids are, first of all, you have to accept each other's differences. Some of you are going to be a crappy football player, some of you are going to be a great mathematician. Whatever it is, accept each other's differences and help prop each other up.

One of the things I've learned by working on the 'Walking Dead' and other TV shows is to be more tolerant of other people's process.

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

Sport is one of the few spaces where people can learn about different cultures in a spirit of trust and friendship.

I'm not here to try and replace anyone or compete with anyone.

We must listen and learn, show humility and seek again to talk for and to people's ambitions and concerns.

I think a good relationship is about collaboration.

This, then, is the test we must set for ourselves; not to march alone but to march in such a way that others will wish to join us.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

You're not going to be great at everything. Surround yourself with people that can compliment you so you can work together and then everybody can be successful.

Instead of building walls, we should be building bridges.

You can learn a little bit from everybody, so you should be able to work a bit with everybody.

We've known for a long time, and I think culturally we've accepted, that diversity is an important thing in the work of knowledge.

That differences of race, color, and creed are natural, and that diverse groups, institutions, and ideas are stimulating factors in the development of man; That to promote harmony in diversity is a responsible task of religion and statesmanship; That since no individual can express the whole truth, it is essential to treat with understanding and good will those whose views differ from our own; That by the testimony of history intolerance is the door to violence, brutality and dictatorship; and That the realization of human interdependence and solidarity is the best guard of civilization.

I'm a collaborator. I know I don't know everything. I don't want to know everything.

Gene Roddenberry continually reminded us that the Star Trek Enterprise was a metaphor for starship Earth. And the strength in this starship came from its diversity, coming together and working in concert as a team. That is the strength of our countries, Canada and the United States. We are nations of diversity.

I came from the theater. It takes a team. We need everyone. It's not just No. 1 on the call sheet. I love to have kindness and respect and a place for where we can create.

We must bring unity of spirit and purpose and condemn hatred and division wherever we see it.

Work together. Do not purge your allies because of purity.