Words for My Soul

“Individual commitment to a group effort – that is what makes a team work, a company work, a society work, a civilization work.”
-Vincent “Vince” Lombardi (1913-1970), athletic coach

“The key elements in the art of working together are how to deal with change, how to deal with conflict, and how to reach our potential…the needs of the team are best met when we meet the needs of individuals persons.”
-Max De Pree (b.1924), author, former CEO of Herman Miller, Inc.

“The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. You may have the greatest bunch of individual stars in the world, but if they don’t play together, the club won’t be worth a dime.”
-Babe Ruth (1895-1948); baseball player

“Never give in! Never give in! Never, never, never, never – in nothing great or small, large or petty. Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.”
-Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965), British statesman, prime minister, author, Nobel Prize winner

“If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.”
-John Quincy Adams (1825-1829); 6th US President

“My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.”
-Desmond Tutu (b. 1931); Archbishop, Nobel Peace Prize Winner

“If you’re trying to achieve, there will be road blocks. I’ve had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don’t have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don’t turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.”
-Michael Jordan (b. 1963), retired professional basketball [...]

“As we express our gratitude, we must never forget that the highest appreciation is not to utter words, but to live by them. ”
-John F. Kennedy (1917-1963); thirty-fifth President of the United States

If you make people think they’re thinking, they’ll love you; But if you really make them think, they’ll hate you.
- Don Marquis