Most team building quote pages are 200 lines of the same twelve quotes with three different attributions. This is a shorter list, grouped by where you would actually use it, and we have marked the handful we wrote ourselves so you are not quoting the wrong person for the next decade.
Teamwork quotes worth putting on a slide
Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success. Attributed to Henry Ford.
Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much. Attributed to Helen Keller.
None of us is as smart as all of us. Attributed to Ken Blanchard.
Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships. Attributed to Michael Jordan.
The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team. Attributed to Phil Jackson.
Teamwork is the ability to work together toward a common vision. Attributed to Andrew Carnegie.
Individual commitment to a group effort is what makes a team work. Attributed to Vince Lombardi.
You can design and create the most wonderful place in the world, but it takes people to make the dream a reality. Attributed to Walt Disney.
Great things in business are never done by one person; they are done by a team of people. Attributed to Steve Jobs.
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together. African proverb.
Uplifting quotes for newsletters and end-of-year messages
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Attributed to Margaret Mead.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others. Attributed to Mahatma Gandhi.
It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed. Attributed to Napoleon Hill.
You can have everything in life you want, if you will just help enough other people get what they want. Attributed to Zig Ziglar.
I can do things you cannot, you can do things I cannot; together we can do great things. Commonly attributed to Mother Teresa.
The best executive is the one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done. Attributed to Theodore Roosevelt.
The strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack. From Rudyard Kipling.
The way a team plays as a whole determines its success. Attributed to Babe Ruth.
Short quotes for lanyards, email signatures and room signage
•Share the plan, not just the task.
•Nobody is as fast as all of us are accurate.
•Ask earlier. Assume less.
•A team that laughs together debriefs honestly.
•Clarity is a kindness.
•Point at the problem, never the person.
•Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.
•The plan is a draft until someone has tried it.
Funny teamwork quotes
Finding good players is easy. Getting them to play as a team is another story. Attributed to Casey Stengel.
The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. Attributed to Aristotle.
Teamwork makes the dream work. Attributed to John C. Maxwell.
Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things. Attributed to Peter Drucker.
No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it. Attributed to H. E. Luccock.
Five lines we wrote ourselves
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go with someone who brought snacks.
There is no I in team, but there is an I in "I thought you sent that email".
A team is just a group chat that has learned to meet deadlines.
We are all in the same boat, which is excellent news for whoever forgot to bring a paddle.
The best team building exercise is a shared deadline and a working coffee machine.
How to use a team building quote without it feeling like a fridge magnet
•Use one per quarter, not one per slide. Repetition is what turns a quote into wallpaper.
•Connect it to something specific: a project milestone, a debrief finding, a thing the team actually did.
•Attribute properly or drop the name. "Attributed to" is honest; a misattributed quote in a company newsletter is a small credibility tax.
•Skip the quote on a slide that also contains a decision. The quote will get the attention the decision needed.
If you want the room to feel a line rather than read it, that is what a team event is for. Team Fun runs hosted events in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Canberra, the Gold Coast and Australia-wide, plus online sessions for teams spread across sites, and every one finishes with a debrief worth quoting from.
Frequently asked questions
What is a good short team building quote?
For a slide or a sign, shorter is always better: "Clarity is a kindness", or Henry Ford's "Coming together is a beginning, staying together is progress, and working together is success." Anything longer than two lines does not get read from the back of a room.
Are these quotes correctly attributed?
The famous ones here are marked "attributed to", which is the honest way to use quotes that circulate widely online. The five lines at the end written by Team Fun are labelled as ours, so you can use them internally without attributing them to someone else.
How often should a company use team quotes internally?
Once a quarter is plenty, tied to something real such as a project ending, a debrief finding or an awards night. Weekly quotes stop registering and start reading like a substitute for an actual update.
Where do team building quotes work best?
Awards nights, end-of-year messages, a wall in the office, onboarding packs and the closing slide of a team event debrief. They work least well at the top of a project kick-off, where the audience wants the plan instead.