Thomas Watson
Thomas Watson
Turned International Business Machines (IBM) into a force with which to be reckoned while chairman and CEO from 1914 until 1956.
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth17 February 1874
CityDayton, OH
christian flower blessing
The Kingdom of grace is nothing but.... the beginning of the Kingdom of glory; the Kingdom of grace is glory in the seed, and the Kingdom of glory is grace in the flower; the Kingdom ofgrace is glory in the daybreak, and the Kingdom of glory is grace in the full meridian; the Kingdom of grace is glory militant, and the Kingdom of glory is grace triumphant.... the Kingdom ofgrace leads to the Kingdom of glory.
jobs broken ease
How soon are we broken on the soft pillow of ease! Adam in paradise was overcome, when Job on the dunghill was a conqueror.
thinking grace christianity
None so empty of grace as he that thinks he is full.
christian running sleep
He that loves the world, how active is he! He will break his peace and sleep for it. He that loves honour, what hazards will he run! He will swim to the throne in blood.... Love heaven, and you cannot miss it; love breaks through all opposition-it takes heaven by storm.
christian passion pride
Some have asked whether we shall know one another in heaven? Surely, our knowledge will not be diminished, but increased. The judgement of Luther and Anselm, and many other divines is, that we shall know one another; yea, the saints of all ages, whose faces we never saw; and, when we shall see the saints in glory without their infirmities of pride end passion, it will be a glorious sight.
christian sleep blessing
Are there not millions of us who would rather go sleeping to hell; than sweating to heaven?
christian blessing delight
The more we enjoy of God, the more we are ravished with delight.
disappointment heart home
The world rings changes, it is never constant but in its disappointments. The world is but a great inn, where we are to stay a night or two, and be gone; what madness is it so to set our heart upon our inn, as to forget our home?
father devil wages
Sin has the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages.
christian blessing joy
He may look on death with joy, who can look on forgiveness with faith.
christian perseverance blessing
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.
christian blessing men
A man's greatest care should be for that place where he lives longest; therefore eternity should be his scope.
mistake way succeed
The fastest way to succeed is to double your rate of failure.
loyalty littles matter
Joining a company is an act that calls for absolute loyalty in big matters and little ones.