Synergy Quotes

• Synergy - the bonus that is achieved when things work together harmoniously.

  Mark Twain

  Teamwork, Achievement, Team Building

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  Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success.

  Henry Ford

  Inspirational, Success, Leadership

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• Synergy: The combined effect of individuals in collaboration that exceeds the sum of their individual effects.

  Stephen Covey

  Collaboration, Individual, Effects

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• The essence of synergy is to value differences-to respect them, to build on strengths, to compensate for weaknesses

  Stephen Covey

  Essence, Differences, Weakness

  Stephen R. Covey (2016). “The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change Interactive Edition”, p.330, Mango Media Inc.

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• Synergy is better than my way or your way. It's our way.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Change, Way

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The 3rd Alternative: Solving Life's Most Difficult Problems”, p.12, Simon and Schuster

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• Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much.

  Helen Keller

  Inspirational, Leadership, Loyalty

  "Helen and Teacher: The Story of Helen Keller and Anne Sullivan Macy". Book by Joseph P. Lash, 1980.

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• The word synergy comes from the Greek sin-ergo, meaning, to work together. It describes a mutually supportive atmosphere of trust, where each individual element works towards its own goals, and where the goals may be quite varied; nevertheless, because all elements of a synergetic system support one another, they also support the whole.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Goal, Support, Greek

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• Synergy is everywhere in nature. If you plant two plants close together, the roots commingle and improve the quality of the soil so that both plants will grow better than if they were separated. If you put two pieces of wood together, they will hold much more than the total weight held by each separately. The whole is greater than the sum of its parts. One plus one equals three or more.

  Stephen Covey

  Two, Roots, Quality

  Stephen R. Covey (2012). “The Wisdom and Teachings of Stephen R. Covey”, p.84, Simon and Schuster

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• Difference is the beginning of synergy.

  Stephen Covey

  Differences

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• Teamwork appears most effective if each individual helps others to succeed, increasing the synergy of that team; ideally, every person will contribute different skills to increase the efficiency of the team and develop its unity.

  Andrew Carnegie

  Teamwork, Helping Others, Skills

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  Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence wins championships.

  Michael Jordan

  Inspirational, Basketball, Sports

  Michael Jordan (1994). “I can't accept not trying: Michael Jordan on the pursuit of excellence”

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• Synergy is the highest activity of life; it creates new untapped alternatives; it values and exploits the mental, emotional, and psychological differences between people.

  Stephen Covey

  Teamwork, Emotional, Differences

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• Ineffective people live day after day with unused potential. They experience synergy only in small, peripheral ways in their lives. But creative experiences can be produced regularly, consistently, almost daily in people's lives. It requires enormous personal security and openness and a spirit of adventure.

  Stephen Covey

  Adventure, Effectiveness, People

  Stephen R. Covey (1994). “Daily Reflections for Highly Effective People: Living THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY SUCCESSFUL PEOPLE Every Day”, p.68, Simon and Schuster

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• We are born for synergy, just like the feet, just like the hands, just like the eyes, just like the rows of upper and lower teeth. Working against each other is unnatural, and being annoyed and turning one's back is counterproductive.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Eye, Hands, Feet

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• Synergy does not mean giving up what we want. It means joining to co-create so each is able to receive ever more of what attracts us through joining rather than opposing.

  Barbara Marx Hubbard

  Teamwork, Giving Up, Mean

  FaceBook post by Barbara Marx Hubbard from Aug 03, 2012

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• Synergy is what happens when one plus one equals ten or a hundred or even a thousand! It's the profound result when two or more respectful human beings determine to go beyond their preconceived ideas to meet a great challenge.

  Stephen Covey

  Life, Change, Ideas

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• When people honor each other, there is a trust established that leads to synergy, interdependence, and deep respect. Both parties make decisions and choices based on what is right, what is best, what is valued most highly.

  Blaine Lee Pardoe

  Trust, Respect, Party

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• Together we are stronger, our voices louder, and the synergy of our actions more powerful. Together we can prevail on the Navy to put commonsense safeguards in place, like requiring its ships to avoid the most sensitive marine mammal habitats and to stop their training exercises during peak migrations.

  Pierce Brosnan

  Powerful, Exercise, Marine

  "In the Darkened Sea, a Deaf Whale Is a Dead Whale" by Pierce Brosnan, www.huffingtonpost.com. March 10, 2014.

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• Valuing differences is what really drives synergy. Do you truly value the mental, emotional, and psychological differences among people? Or do you wish everyone would just agree with you so you could all get along? Many people mistake uniformity for unity; sameness for oneness. One word--boring! Differences should be seen as strengths, not weaknesses. They add zest to life.

  Stephen Covey

  Mistake, Emotional, Zest

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• What's the point of a spark of light if it stands alone? The key is, and will always be, synergy. Without it, each and every light being will forever feel broken, misplaced, and internally crippled.

  Suzy Kassem

  Keys, Light, Broken

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• When it all boils down, its about embracing each others stories and maybe even finding that synergy to collaborate for the common good.

  Dhani Jones

  Stories, Common, Findings

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• Synergies are not only about cost reduction. Synergies can be access to markets, exchange of products, avoiding overlaps, exchange of best practices.

  Carlos Ghosn

  Best Practices, Cost, Reduction

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• Synergy means behavior of whole systems unpredicted by the behavior of their parts.

  R. Buckminster Fuller

  Mean, Behavior, Spectacular

  What I Have Learned "How Little I Know" (1968)

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• Culture is more often a source of conflict than of synergy. Cultural differences are a nuisance at best and often a disaster.

  Geert Hofstede

  Differences, Nuisance, Culture

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• Let's form proactive synergy restructuring teams.

  Scott Adams

  Team, Proactive, Form

  Scott Adams (2000). “Dilbert - A Treasury Of Sunday Strips: Version 00: A Dilbert Book”, p.107, Andrews McMeel Publishing

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