We are social beings. People are not meant to spend their lives alone. And still, it can be really hard to come together and live in unity.
Although there’s no fixed path to succeeding at uniting people, many have talked about how to do it throughout history. Whether they speak about the strength of togetherness or about ways to make it a reality, this compilation of quotes can give you a hand!
Let’s dive into these quotes to help you better understand the importance of togetherness and how to succeed with it.
“We are each other’s harvest; we are each other’s business; we are each other’s magnitude and bond.”
Gwendolyn Brooks
“We are only as strong as we are united, as weak as we are divided.”
J.K. Rowling
“You don’t get unity by ignoring the questions that have to be faced.”
Jay Weatherill
“No doubt, unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed by mere declarations.”
Theodore Bikel
“We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men.”
Herman Melville
“Unity is vision; it must have been part of the process of learning to see.”
Henry Adams
“Even the weak become strong when they are united.”
Friedrich von Schiller
“There is beauty and power in unity. We must be united in heart and mind. One world, one people.”
Lailah Gifty Akita
“A dream you dream alone is only a dream. A dream you dream together is reality.”
John Lennon
“All human beings are also dream beings. Dreaming ties all mankind together.”
Jack Kerouac
“But we are strong, each in our purpose, and we are all stronger together.”
Bram Stoker
“Remember upon the conduct of each depends on the fate of all.”
Alexander The Great
“For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.”
Rudyard Kipling
“No doubt, unity is something to be desired, to be striven for, but it cannot be willed by mere declarations.”
Theodore Bikel
“Birds of the same feathers flock together, and when they flock together, they fly so high.”
Cecil Thounaojam
“If we don’t have each other, we go crazy with loneliness. When we do, we go crazy with togetherness.”
Stephen King
“In our togetherness (as a team) castles are built.”
Irish Proverb
“Together we can face any challenges as deep as the ocean and as high as the sky.”
Sonia Gandhi
“Great things are done by a series of small things brought together.”
Vincent Van Gogh
“What divides us pales in comparison to what unites us.”
Ted Kennedy
“Nothing brings you together like a common enemy.”
David Foster Wallace
“Camaraderie doesn’t happen by accident; developing a strong sense of trust, accountability, and togetherness around team goals requires intentional effort.”
Don Yaeger
“There are no problems we cannot solve together, and very few that we can solve by ourselves.”
Lyndon B. Johnson
“There is more power in unity than division.”
Emanuel Cleaver
“We are different; we are always have been and always will be. However, different shouldn’t divide us, but unify us because different is an asset.”
Elizabeth Margo
“Unity is a beast in itself. If a wolf sees two little boys playing in the woods on one side, and a big strong man on the other, he will go to the one who stands alone.“
Suzy Kassem
“When I make a fist, it’s strong, and you can’t tear it apart. As long as there’s unity, there’s strength.”
Ara Parseghian
“There is immense power when a group of people with similar interests gets together to work toward the same goals.”
Idowu Koyenikan
“It is literally true that you can succeed best and quickest by helping others to succeed.”
Napoleon Hill
“A house divided against itself cannot stand.”
Abraham Lincoln
“Only by binding together as a single force will we remain strong and unconquerable.”
Chris Bradford
“Unity does not magically happen; it takes work. It’s messy, sometimes uncomfortable, and happens gradually when we clear away the bad as fast as the good can grow.”
Sharon Eubank
“When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you.”
Winston S. Churchill
“Not in numbers but in unity that our great strength lies.”
Thomas Paine
“Unity is plural and, at minimum, is two.”
Buckminster Fuller
“Never cut what can be united.”
Joseph Joubert
“The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
“What loneliness is lonelier than distrust?”
George Eliot
“True friends face in the same direction, toward common projects, interests, goals.”
C.S. Lewis
“We cannot free ourselves unless we move forward united in a single desire.”
Emilio Aguinaldo
“Love is the cause of unity in all things.”
Aristotle
“Unite; for combination is stronger than witchcraft.”
Toussaint Louverture
“When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.”
John Ruskin
“Sometimes things fall apart so that better things can fall together.”
Marilyn Monroe
“I will from this day strive to forge togetherness out of our differences.”
Josefa Iloila
“Perhaps only those people who are capable of real togetherness have that look of being alone in the world.”
D.H. Lawrence
“Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.”
Desmond Tutu
“If you can laugh together, you can work together.”
Robert Orben
“We must stand together; if we don’t, there will be no victory for any one of us.”
Mary Harris Jones
“We are all in this together. We will all make it or none of us will make it. If everyone cleans up their act except one big ole country, it isn’t going to work.”
Ted Danson
Wrapping Up
Why is it so hard to unite people? Maybe it is because of all the differences that can exist between people. Even when if we all come from the same culture and speak the same language, we are not the same.
A world where we can come together and reach our goals is there for us to grab. Almost every great achievement in history has happened after a group of people with a shared objective got together.
There are many ways to bring people together and fight differences. You just need to find what really works for you and those around you.
Thanks to these quotes, the task is now in your hands! Use the wisdom you’ve just acquired to build unity and togetherness around you.
Give it a try and you will see how living in unity with others can bring a boost of success and joy to your life!
