Management Quotes

Various Project Management Gurus taught us by their quotes which we can use to teach us and inspire us to become a good Project Manager.

Here are few Project Management quotes to get wisdom and encouragement:

If it is not documented, it doesn’t exist. As long as information is retained in someone’s head, it is vulnerable to loss. – Louis Fried, 1992.

Get the right people. Then no matter what else you may do wrong after that, the people will save you. That’s what management is all about. – Tom DeMarco, 1997.

A Project is like love; it has clear intentions at the beginning, but it can get complicated. – Gerry Geek

Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement. – Fred Brooks.

Rewards and motivation are an oil change for project engines. Do it regularly and often. – Woody Williams

No major project is ever installed on time, within budget, with the same staff that started it. – Edwards, Butler, Hill & Russell

Running a project without a WBS is like going to a strange land without a roadmap. – J. Phillips

Success is not the key to happiness. Happiness is the key to success. If you love what you are doing, you will be successful. – Herman Cain

All the flowers of all of the tomorrows are in the seeds of today. – Chinese Proverb

It’s better to do the right thing slowly than the wrong thing quickly. – Peter Turla