103 Quotes by Thomas Watson

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

He may look on death with joy, who can look on forgiveness with faith.

God's decree is the very pillar and basis on which the saint's perseverance depends. That decree ties the knot of adoption so fast, that neither sin, death, nor hell, can break it asunder.

A man's greatest care should be for that place where he lives longest; therefore eternity should be his scope.

The fastest way to succeed is to double your rate of failure.

Joining a company is an act that calls for absolute loyalty in big matters and little ones.

This kind of intense loyalty, then, became the well-spring of the IBM spirit, the family spirit as it was called.

"If you are loyal you are successful," ruminated the company paper at one time. "All useful work is raised to the plane of art when love for the task-loyalty-is fused with the effort. Loyalty is the great lubricant of life. It saves the wear and tear of making daily decisions as to what is best to do. The man who is loyal to his work is not wrung nor perplexed by doubts, he sticks to the ship, and if the ship founders he goes down like a hero with colors flying at the masthead and the band playing."

If you don't genuinely like your customers, chances are they won't buy.