Quote: Really big people are, above everything else, courteous, considerate and generous -- not just to some people in some circumstances -- but to everyone all the time. [Thomas J. Watson]
Quote: I think there is a world market for maybe five computers. [Thomas J. Watson]
Quote: You have to have your heart in the business and the business in your heart. [Thomas J. Watson]
Quote: 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]
Quote: If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work. [Thomas J. Watson]
Quote: Solve it. Solve it quickly, solve it right or wrong. If you solve it wrong, it will come back and slap you in the face, and then you can solve it right. Lying dead in the water and doing nothing is a comfortable alternative because it is without risk, but it is an absolutely fatal way to manage a business. [Thomas J. Watson]
Quote: A manager is an assistant to his men. [Thomas J. Watson]
Quote: The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm. [Thomas J. Watson]
Quote: Once an organization loses its spirit of pioneering and rests on its early work, its progress stops. [Thomas J. Watson]
Quote: THINK. Think about your appearance, associations, actions, ambitions, accomplishment. [Thomas J. Watson]
Quote: Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use. [Thomas J. Watson]