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Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Accomplishment category:
The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Business category:
Good design is good business. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Clubs category:
Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Courage category:
If you stand up and be counted, from time to time you may get yourself knocked down. But remember this: A man flattened by an opponent can get up again. A man flattened by conformity stays down for good. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Design category:
Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Energy category:
Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise. Then often times we find that it is comparatively simple to double or triple our former capacities and to amaze ourselves by the results. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Excellence category:
If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Friendship category:
Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Fun category:
Life isn't all beer and skittles, but beer and skittles, or something better of the same sort, must form a good part of every Englishman's education. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Humility category:
Repentance is a grace of God's Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Leadership category:
Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Mistakes category:
So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because that's where you will find success. On the far side of failure. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Play category:
If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Progress category:
Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Religion category:
God made man of the dust of the earth and man makes a god of the dust of the earth. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Risk category:
Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the danger of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Selling category:
Great design will not sell an inferior product, but it will enable a great product to achieve its maximum potential. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Success category:
The way to succeed is to double your failure rate. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Technology category:
-most likely misattributed to Chairman of IBM, 1943...
I think there is a world market for maybe five computers. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Thinking category:
All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
Thomas J. Watson, Sr. - From the Wisdom category:
Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use. (Thomas J. Watson, Sr.)
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