International Cooperative Day, also known as International Day of Cooperatives is a celebration of the co-operative movement observed on the first Saturday in July annually. It is being celebrated since 1923 by the International Co-operative Alliance.
Corporate Wellness Week is celebrated before International Cooperative Day from 1 to 5th of July. Following are the inspiring cooperatives quotes:
15+ Top Cooperatives Quotes with Image
“The meeting of two personalities is like the contact of two chemical substances. If there is any reaction, both are transformed.” » Carl Gustav Jung
“Cooperatives empower their members and strengthen communities. They promote food security and enhance opportunities for small agricultural producers.”
“In everyone’s life, at some time, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” » Albert Schweitzer
“He that does good to another does good also to himself.” » Seneca
“Cooperative Enterprises Build a Better World.”
“Co-operative enterprises provide the organizational means whereby a significant proportion of humanity is able to take into its own hands the tasks of creating productive employment, overcoming poverty and achieving social integration.” » Boutros Boutros-Ghali
“We are not put on this earth to see through one another, but to see one another through. We are all dependent on one another, every soul of us on earth.” » George Bernard Shaw
“If we do not hang together, we will all hang separately.” » Benjamin Franklin
“Founded on the principles of private initiative, entrepreneurship and self-employment, underpinned by the values of democracy, equality and solidarity, the co-operative movement can help pave the way to a more just and inclusive economic order.” » Kofi Annan
“On this International Day of Cooperatives, we celebrate how cooperatives build a better world by advancing sustainable development, social integration and decent work.” » Ban Ki Moon
“In an age where community involvement and partnerships with civil society are increasingly being recognized as indispensable, there is clearly a growing potential for cooperative development and renewal worldwide.” » Kofi Annan
“Now join your hands, and with your hands your hearts.” » William Shakespeare
“If you want to be incrementally better: Be competitive. If you want to be exponentially better: Be cooperative.”
“No employer today is independent of those about him. He cannot succeed alone, no matter how great his ability or capital. Business today is more than ever a question of cooperation.” » Orison Swett Marden
“We may have all come on different ships, but we’re in the same boat now.” » Martin Luther King Jr.
“By contributing to human dignity and global solidarity, cooperatives truly do build a better world.”
“Choose co-operative, choose equality”
