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
prayer doors people
The Ediles among the Romans had their doors always standing open, that all who had petitions might have free access to them. The door of heaven is always open for the prayers of God's people.
prayer angel prison
The angel fetched Peter out of prison, but it was prayer that fetched the angel.
prayer offering names
Prayer is the offering up of our desires to God in the name of Christ, for such things as are agreeable to his will. It is an offering of our desires. Desires are the soul and life of prayer; words are but the body; now as the body without the soul is dead, so are prayers unless they are animated with our desires.
prayer heart likes
Those prayers God likes best which come seething hot from the heart.
grace affliction
Whoever brings an affliction, it is God who sends it.
running hurt fall
To know that nothing hurts the godly, is a matter of comfort; but to be assured that all things which fall out shall co-operate for their good, that their crosses shall be turned into blessings, that showers of affliction water the withering root of their grace and make it flourish more; this may fill their hearts with joy till they run over.
heart affliction may
God takes away the world, that the heart may cleave more to Him in sincerity.
justice soul unjust
There is justice in hell, but sin is the most unjust thing. It would rob God of his glory, Christ of his purchase, the soul of its happiness.
grace election pleasure
Let us then ascribe the whole work of grace to the pleasure of God's Will. God did not choose us because we were worthy, but by choosing us He makes us worthy.
wind soul christianity
How many souls have been blown into hell with the wind of popular applause?
prayer angel men
Praising God is one of the highest and purest acts of religion. In prayer we act like men; in praise we act like angels.
eye growth christianity
The right manner of growth is to grow less in one's own eyes.
what-if rust affliction
What if we have more of the rough file, if we have less rust! Afflictions carry away nothing but the dross of sin.
practice firsts sin
First we practice sin, then defend it, then boast of it.