No matter where you are in your project management career, there are always lessons you can learn, reminders to heed, and inspiration to receive. I have put together ten quotes from various sources -- from Mike Tyson to Mark Twain -- that have some great project management nuggets of wisdom in each.

1. 10 Project
Management Quotes
Motivations, inspirations,
and reminders

2. “You may con a person into
committing to an unreasonable
deadline, but you cannot bully them
into meeting it.”
Edwards, Butler, Hill, and Russell

3. “Of all the things I’ve done, the most vital is
coordinating the talents of those who work for us
and pointing them towards a certain goal.”
Walt Disney

4. “The P in PM is as much about ‘people management’ as it
is about ‘project management.’”
Cornelius Fichtner

5. “Everybody
has a plan
until they get
punched in
the mouth.”
Mike Tyson

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

7. “Plans are only good intentions unless they
immediately degenerate into hard work.”
Peter Drucker

8. “Change is inevitable
- except from a
vending machine.”
Robert Gallagher

9. “A goal without a plan is just a wish.”
Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

10. “Data is like garbage.
You’d better know
what you are going to
do with it before you
collect it.”
Mark Twain