103 Quotes by Thomas Watson

Fulgens hoc aurum praestringit oculos [This gold with its glitter blinds the eyes]. Varius.

Daily bread may make us live comfortably but forgiveness of sins will make us die comfortably.

Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise.

Christ was born of a virgin, that we might be born of God. He took our flesh, that He might give us His Spirit. He lay in the manger that we might lie in paradise. He came down from heaven, that He might bring us to heaven. And what was all this but love? If our hearts be not rocks, this love of Christ should affect us. Behold, love that surpasses knowledge!

It [repentance] is not so much to endear us to Christ as to endear Christ to us. Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet.

Would you like me to give you a formula for... success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You're thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all... you can be discouraged by failure / or you can learn from it. So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because, remember that's where you'll find success. On the far side.

Let them fear death who do not fear sin

So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because that's where you will find success. On the far side of failure.

Sin hath the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages