*
"...let
us continue to work together to develop and nurture
in future generations a culture of human rights,
to promote freedom, security and peace in all
nations."
-- Kofi Annan
*
Let us be good stewards of the Earth we inherited.
All of us have to share the Earth's fragile ecosystems
and precious resources, and each of us has a role
to play in preserving them. If we are to go on
living together on this earth, we must all be
responsible for it.
~ Kofi Annan
*
Changing the structure and rules of the global
economy will require a mass movement based on
messages of compassion, justice, and equality,
as well as collaborative and democratic processes
... If we stay positive, inclusive, and democratic,
we have a truly historic opportunity to build
a global movement for social justice.
-- Medea Benjamin
Democracy
needs support and the best support for democracy
comes from other democracies. Democratic nations
should come together in an association designed
to help each other and promote what is a universal
value -- democracy.
-- Benazir
Bhutto
Democracy
is the ultimate, positive revolution because it
gives each and every individual the power to control
their lives. And we can work together to create
a just, sustainable world.
-- Bill Blackman
*
Respect
your fellow human being, treat them fairly,
disagree with them honestly, enjoy their friendship,
explore your thoughts about one another candidly,
work together for a common goal and help one
another achieve it. No destructive lies. No
ridiculous fears. No debilitating anger.
-– Bill Bradley
*
Leaders
should be collaborative, modest, and generous
-– Bill Bradley
We
are working towards a shared vision of the future
for health among all the world's people. A vision
future in which we develop new ways of working
together at global and national level. A vision
which has poor people and poor communities at
its centre. And a vision which focuses action
on the causes and consequences of the health conditions
that create and perpetuate poverty.
-- Gro
Brundtland
*Democracy
is not just a question of having a vote. It consists
of strengthening each citizen’s possibility and
capacity to participate in the deliberations involved
in life in society.
-- Fernando Cardoso
*
Teamwork
is the ability to work together toward a common
vision. The ability to direct individual accomplishment
toward organizational objectives. It is the fuel
that allows common people to attain uncommon results.
~ Andrew Carnegie
Success
is achievable without public recognition, and the
world has many unsung heroes. The teacher who inspires
you to pursue your education to your ultimate ability
is a success. The parents who taught you the noblest
human principles are a success. The coach who shows
you the importance of teamwork is a success. The
spiritual leader who instills in you spiritual values
and faith is a success. The relatives, friends,
and neighbors with whom you develop a reciprocal
relationship of respect and support--they, too,
are successes. The most menial workers can properly
consider themselves successful if they perform their
best and if the product of their work is of service
to humanity.--Michael DeBakey, M.D.
The
leaders who work most effectively, it seems to
me, never say "I." And that's not because they
have trained themselves not to say "I." They don't
think "I." They think "we"; they think "team."
They understand their job to be to make the team
function. They accept responsibility and don't
sidestep it, but "we" gets the credit…. This is
what creates trust, what enables you to get the
task done.
-- Peter F. Drucker
*
"It
is better to have one person working with you
than three people working for you."
-- Dwight D.
Eisenhower
"Disarmament,
with mutual honor and confidence, is a continuing
imperative. Together we must learn how to compose
differences, not with arms, but with intellect
and decent purpose." -- Dwight
D. Eisenhower
No member of a crew is praised for the rugged individuality
of his rowing.
~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
*
“I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer
you friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your
need. I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from
the Highest Source. I salute that Source in you.
Let us work together for unity and love.”
-- Mohandas K.
Gandhi
*
“I offer you peace. I offer you love. I offer you
friendship. I see your beauty. I hear your need.
I feel your feelings. My wisdom flows from the Highest
Source. I salute that Source in you. Let us work
together for unity and love.”
-- Mohandas K. Gandhi
Let
us join our efforts toward building the unshakable
foundations for a culture of peace.
-- Daisaku Ikeda
*
"Alone we can do so little;
together we can do so much."
-- Helen Keller
*
The
world is moved not only by the mighty shoves of
the heroes, but also by the aggregate of the tiny
pushes of each honest worker.
-- Helen Keller
Never
have the nations of the world had so much to lose,
or so much to gain. Together we shall save our
planet, or together we shall perish in its flames.
--John F.
Kennedy
*
"It's
easier to be ignorant and say I don't know about
the problem. But once you know, once you've
seen it in their eyes, then you have a responsibility
to do something. There is strength in numbers,
and if we all work together as a team, we can
be unstoppable."
-- Craig
Kielburger
*
“We want harmonious development, ... We should
work together for more democratic and law-based
international relations, and a harmonious environment
in which countries respect one another, treat
one another as equals, and different cultures
can emulate and interchange with each other.”
-- Li Zhaoxing
*
"We
can work together for a better world with men
and women of goodwill, those who radiate the intrinsic
goodness of humankind."
-- Wangari Maathai
*
"We
are all invited to work together for peace. We
shall join hands and minds to work for peace through
active nonviolence. We shall help one another,
encourage one another and learn from one another
how to bring peace to our children and to all."
-- Mairead Corrigan
Maguire
*
In a disparate world, children are a unifying
force capable of bringing us all together in support
of a common ethic.
-- Graça
Machel-Mandela
*
“We
need artists to help us come together and share
our voices and build community around powerful issues
concerning our roles in the world and our planet’s
survival. Compassion must be translated into action.”
-- Natasha Mayers
*
Care for all the animals they need our help
Care for all the children stop thinking of ourselves.
And if we work together to try for harmony
Someday we will live in peace
-- Country Joe
McDonald
*
Care for all the animals
they need our help
Care for all the children
stop thinking of ourselves.
And if we work together
to try for harmony
Someday we will live in peace
-- Country Joe
McDonald
*
"We are way more powerful when we turn to each
other and not on each other, when we celebrate
our diversity, focus on our commonality, and together
tear down the mighty walls of injustice."
-- Cynthia McKinney
*
"Never
doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed
citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the
only thing that ever has."
-- Margaret Mead
"We
have the opportunity to make violence prevention
and peacemaking a central conversation in our
culture right now. And there couldn't be a more
urgent time to do so. We see daily the tragic
impact violence is having on the planet. I feel
heartened that so many practical solutions will
be brought forth through a Department of Peace.
This campaign is showing what can be done as we
begin to invest more in the work of peacebuilding.
There are many programs and practices that are
already proving to be incredibly effective at
reducing such cultural challenges as gang violence,
violence in our schools, in our homes, as well
as conflict around the world. So please join this
movement by contacting your members of Congress
and urge them to support this landmark legislation.
And join others in your community working to make
it happen. Together we can do this."
-- Willie
Nelson
*
This
is the moment when we must come together to save
this planet.
-- Barack Obama
*
Together we can prevent genocide from happening
again. Together we can make a better future for
our children. -- Dith
Pran
The
ideal of "a family" is one of the most basic models
of what a better world can be like. In a perfect
family, the members are joined by bonds of love;
they are a team, helping each other meet all of
their physical and emotional needs. Of course
no family is perfect, but a family that strives
together to become a "family for a better world"
can help each member to feel more fulfilled and
better about themselves and the world. They also
provide a real-life example of how the human family
can work together to create a better world. --
Robert Alan Silverstein
*
Every
moment has led to this moment.
Now is the time. We are the ones we've been waiting
for.
Together we can create a better world.
--
Robert Alan Silverstein
Every
act of compassion makes a difference.
Together we can create a better world. -- Robert
Alan Silverstein
Together
we can help transform the global economy
into a global community.
--
Robert Alan Silverstein
"Human
history has been recorded as a succession of wars
and changing empires. But a ray of hope has been
carried forth throughout the ages by dreamers
who have envisioned a more peaceful, just and
sustainable world. The Magna Carta, the US Constitution
and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights
were quantum leaps forward in our collective quest
for a better world. We still have far to go, but
we can help create that better world countless
dreamers have imagined, wished for and endeavored
to make come true. Every moment has brought us
to this moment. We are the ones we've been waiting
for to manifest our shared peacetopian dream."
-- Robert Alan Silverstein
Together
we are helping create a more peaceful, just and sustainable
world,
one act of compassion at a time... Every act of compassion
makes a difference!
-- Robert Alan Silverstein
Our
goal is to create a world where citizens, communities,
corporations and nations work together in a responsible
way. Where decisions are not based on how much things
cost or how much profit can be made, but on the value
that it adds to the lives of our citizens and employees,
and its impact on the environment. This sustainable
life begins when we make our own lives more sustainable.
-- Robert Alan Silverstein
*
If
it were easier to choose to do the right thing,
wouldn't people be more likely to do it? Maybe
peace on earth is an impossible dream, but if
we changed the rules, this world could be so much
better. So, why do we allow an unfair system to
rule us by fear? Why don't we work together to
create a better world and bring hope!
-- Robert Alan Silverstein
*
"None
of us, including me, ever do great things. But
we can all do small things with great love, and
together we can do something wonderful."
-- Mother Teresa
“Together
we have given the world the possibility of one
day living on a truly mine-free planet."
-- Jody
Williams
*
Despair
shows us the limit of our imagination. Imaginations
shared create collaboration, collaboration creates
community, and community inspires social change.
~
Terry Tempest
Williams
*We
bequeath to you, the next generation, our knowledge
but also our problems. While we still live, let
us join hands, hearts and minds to work together
for their solution so that your world will be
better than ours and the world of your children
even better.
-- Rosalyn Yalow
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