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Be inspired by the best project management quotes

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Many of us, no matter the career, like to have our mottos to live by. They can inspire us, remind us of what matters when the going gets tough, and help us remember that we’re never the first person to face a problem.

Like any other career, project management has no shortage of brilliant minds and influential speakers who share their knowledge and experience with us so that we can improve ourselves.

Read on: How to become an excellent project manager.

We’ve put together a list of 30 project management quotes to inspire teamwork and motivate you in your role. Whether they’re specific to the field of project management or simply applicable to it, these quotes contain the advice and inspiration that could help you nail your next project.

 

30 inspirational project management quotes

Planning

“Keep your roadmap simple and easy to understand. Capture what really matters; leave out the rest.” - Roman Pichler, Agile trainer

“It’s not the customer’s job to solve their own problems. It’s your job to ask them the right questions.” - Melissa Perri, product management expert

“If you define the problem correctly, you almost have the solution.” - Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder

“Nothing is less productive than to make more efficient what should not be done at all.” - Peter Drucker, business consultant

“You don’t have to see the whole staircase. Just take the first step.” - Martin Luther King Jr

 

Management

“Innovation is a bottoms-up, decentralized, and unpredictable thing, but that doesn’t mean it cannot be managed.” Eric Ries, author

“People don’t adopt a methodology, they adapt it.” - Tom DeMarco, author

“The P in ‘PM’ is as much about people management than it is project management.” - Cornelius Fichtner, project management expert

 

Leadership

“Leadership is the art of accomplishing goals through other people.” Mary Lynn Manns and Linda Rising, authors

“The very essence of leadership is that you have to have a vision. It’s got to be a vision you articulate clearly and forcefully on every occasion. You can’t blow an uncertain trumpet” – Reverend Theodore Hesburgh

“The challenge of leadership is to be strong, but not rude; be kind, but not weak; be bold, but not bully; be thoughtful, but not lazy; be humble, but not timid; be proud, but not arrogant; have humor, but without folly” – Jim Rohn, motivational speaker

“Google wondered, ‘What do our most successful teams have in common?’ They launched Project Aristotle. Spent millions of dollars. Measured 180 teams. Used 35 models. What did they find? They had psychological safety. You can ask questions. You can suggest new ideas. You can admit you are wrong without being treated unkindly by the team.” - Jon Acuff, author

 

Change

“Real change, enduring change, happens one step at a time.” - Ruth Bader Ginsburg, jurist

“Always make new mistakes.” - Esther Dyson

“Change is scary, but complacency is deadly.” - Dave Dame, Agile thought leader

“When you are at a crossroads about trying something or not, always default to the try.” - Carla A. Harris, author

 

Success

“The value of an idea lies in the using of it.” - Thomas Edison, inventor

“Whether you think that you can, or that you can’t, you are usually right.” - Henry Ford, inventor

“Success in management requires learning as fast as the world is changing.” – Warren Bennis, leadership expert

“Talent alone won’t make you a success. Neither will being in the right place at the right time, unless you are ready.” – Johnny Carson, television host

“Great things in business are never done by one person. They’re done by a team of people.” – Steve Jobs

 

Communication

“I remind myself every morning: Nothing I say this day will teach me anything. So if I’m going to learn, I must do it by listening.” - Larry King, television host

“The art of communication is the language of leadership.” - James Humes, speechwriter

“Seek first to understand, then to be understood.” - Stephen Covey, author and educator

“I motivate players through communication, being honest with them, having them respect and appreciate your ability and your help.” - Tommy Lasorda, baseball player

“The two words ‘information’ and ‘communication’ are often used interchangeable, but they signify quite different things. Information is giving out; communication is getting through.” - Sydney J. Harris, journalist

 

Motivation

“Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently.” - Henry Ford

“Even if you are on the right track, you will get run over if you just sit there.” - Will Rogers, actor and humorist

“He has half the deed done who has made a beginning.” - Horace, Roman poet.

“Forget past mistakes. Forget failures. Forget everything except what you’re going to do now and do it.” – William Durant, co-founder of General Motors

There is much we can learn from quotes like these: the first step the most difficult and the most impactful, failure can teach us valuable lessons, and listening is key to communication. Keep these words of wisdom in mind, and you will be well on your way to becoming a great project manager.

 

How Vault ERP can power up your project management

Great project managers deserve great software. With the right tools to help with your project management, you can work smarter, more efficiently, and with less hassle.

Read on: How technology improves project management.

At Vault ERP, we’re project management specialists. Vault ERP’s modules contain a variety of tools that project managers can use to streamline their processes, easily manage the whole team’s tasks, and get the job done better. No matter what industry you work in or what approach you use, there’s something for every project manager. From allocating resources to gaining invaluable insights, from Kanban to Gantt charts, we’ll help you do it

Get in touch with us for a free demo to find out how Vault ERP can help.

 

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