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# Thomas Watson

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Thomas John Watson Sr. was an American businessman who served as chairman and CEO of IBM.

## About Thomas Watson

He oversaw IBM’s growth into an international force from 1914 to 1956. Watson also shaped the company’s management style and corporate culture, drawing on training he received from John Henry Patterson at NCR.

##  Quotes by Thomas Watson · Page 3

> [Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/eternity-to-the-godly-is-a-day-that-has-no-sunset-eternity-to-the/)

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[Christian inspirational](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-inspirational/)

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> [He may look on death with joy, who can look on forgiveness with faith.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/he-may-look-on-death-with-joy-who-can-look-on-forgiveness-with-faith/)

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[Blessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessing/)

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> [“No flattery can heal a bad conscience, so no slander can hurt a good one.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/no-flattery-can-heal-a-bad-conscience-so-no-slander-can-hurt-a-good/)

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[Conscience](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/conscience/)

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> [Prayer is the soul's breathing itself into the bosom of its heavenly Father.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/prayer-is-the-soul-s-breathing-itself-into-the-bosom-of-its-heavenly/)

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[Bosoms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bosoms/)

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> [Prayer delights God's ear; it melts His heart; and opens His hand. God cannot deny a praying soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/prayer-delights-god-s-ear-it-melts-his-heart-and-opens-his-hand-god/)

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[Delight](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/delight/)

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> [This crown of free will is fallen from our head" and "If it be God's purpose that saves then it is not…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/this-crown-of-free-will-is-fallen-from-our-head-and-if-it-be-god-s/)

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[Crowns](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crowns/)

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> [A man's greatest care should be for that place where he lives longest; therefore eternity should be his scope.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/a-man-s-greatest-care-should-be-for-that-place-where-he-lives-longest/)

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[Blessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessing/)

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> [Knowledge is the eye that must direct the foot of obedience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/knowledge-is-the-eye-that-must-direct-the-foot-of-obedience/)

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[Direct](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/direct/)

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> [A spiritual prayer is a humble prayer. Prayer is the asking of an alms, which requires humility... The lower the heart descends,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/a-spiritual-prayer-is-a-humble-prayer-prayer-is-the-asking-of-an-alms/)

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[Alms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/alms/)

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> [Though we as Christians are like Christ, having the first fruits of the spirit, yet we are unlike him, having the remainders…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/though-we-as-christians-are-like-christ-having-the-first-fruits-of/)

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[Christ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christ/)

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> [“Many are called, but few chosen “ (Matt. xx. 16). This external call is insufficient to salvation, yet sufficient to leave men without excuse.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/many-are-called-but-few-chosen-matt-xx-16-this-external-call-is/)

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[Called](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/called/)

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> [“To compare other things with God, is to debase Deity; as if you should compare the shining of a glow-worm with the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/to-compare-other-things-with-god-is-to-debase-deity-as-if-you-should/)

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[Things God](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/things-god/)

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> [Better have men reproach you for being good, than have God damn you for being wicked. Be not laughed out of your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/better-have-men-reproach-you-for-being-good-than-have-god-damn-you/)

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[Be good](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/be-good/)

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> [“In a word a contented Christian, being sweetly captivated under the authority of the Word, desires to be wholly at God's disposal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/in-a-word-a-contented-christian-being-sweetly-captivated-under-the/)

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[Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian/)

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> [“This judgment is on many, the earth swallows up their time, and thoughts, and discourse, they are buried twice; their hearts are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/this-judgment-is-on-many-the-earth-swallows-up-their-time-and/)

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> [There is justice in hell, but sin is the most unjust thing. It would rob God of his glory, Christ of his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/there-is-justice-in-hell-but-sin-is-the-most-unjust-thing-it-would/)

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> [God will fill the hungry because He Himself has stirred up the hunger. As in the case of prayer, when God prepares…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/god-will-fill-the-hungry-because-he-himself-has-stirred-up-the-hunger/)

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[Cases](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/cases/)

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> [Thus it is in hell; they would die, but they cannot. The wicked shall be always dying but never dead; the smoke…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/thus-it-is-in-hell-they-would-die-but-they-cannot-the-wicked-shall-be/)

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[Blessing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessing/)

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> [“Take every word as spoken to yourselves. When the word thunders against sin, think thus: “God means my sins;” when it presseth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/take-every-word-as-spoken-to-yourselves-when-the-word-thunders/)

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[Bible](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bible/)

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> [It was wonderful love that Christ should rather die for us than for the angels that fell. They were creatures of a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/it-was-wonderful-love-that-christ-should-rather-die-for-us-than-for/)

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[Angel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angel/)

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> [Make up your spiritual accounts daily; see how matters stand between God and your souls (Psalm 77:6). Often reckonings keep God and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/make-up-your-spiritual-accounts-daily-see-how-matters-stand-between/)

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[Accounts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accounts/)

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> [If there be one God subsisting in three persons, then let us give equal reverence to all the persons in the Trinity.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/if-there-be-one-god-subsisting-in-three-persons-then-let-us-give/)

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[Holy ghost](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/holy-ghost/)

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> [“If God spares us as a father does his son, let us imitate God. It is natural for children to imitate their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/if-god-spares-us-as-a-father-does-his-son-let-us-imitate-god-it-is/)

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[Children](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/children/)

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> [“A contented Christian does not seek to choose his cross but leaves God to choose for him. He is content with both…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/a-contented-christian-does-not-seek-to-choose-his-cross-but-leaves/)

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[Christian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian/)

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> [Knowledge is the eye which must direct the foot of obedience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/knowledge-is-the-eye-which-must-direct-the-foot-of-obedience/)

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[Direct](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/direct/)

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> [“Satan loves to fish in the troubled waters of a discontented heart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/satan-loves-to-fish-in-the-troubled-waters-of-a-discontented-heart/)

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[Fish](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/fish/)

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> [The devil would have Christ prove Himself to be God, by turning stones into bread; but the Holy Ghost shows His Godhead…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/the-devil-would-have-christ-prove-himself-to-be-god-by-turning-stones/)

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[Devil](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/devil/)

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> [Praising God is one of the highest and purest acts of religion. In prayer we act like men; in praise we act…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/praising-god-is-one-of-the-highest-and-purest-acts-of-religion-in/)

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[Angel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angel/)

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> [“As David’s three worthies ventured their lives, and brake through the host of the Philistines for water, 2 Sam. xxiii. 46, —…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/as-david-s-three-worthies-ventured-their-lives-and-brake-through-the/)

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[Violence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/violence/)

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> [“Neither deficiencies nor disappointments, losses nor crosses, can cause disquieting discontents in that bosom where faith is commander in chief.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/neither-deficiencies-nor-disappointments-losses-nor-crosses-can-cause/)

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> [“The world is but a great inn, where we are to stay a night or two, and be gone; what madness is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/the-world-is-but-a-great-inn-where-we-are-to-stay-a-night-or-two-and/)

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[Home](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/home/)

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> [If joining IBM was commitment, not employment, and the company engaged in something more than business, it had a right to demand…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/if-joining-ibm-was-commitment-not-employment-and-the-company-engaged/)

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[Belief](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/belief/)

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> [“Morality shoots short of heaven. It is only nature refined. A moral man is but old Adam dressed in fine clothes. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/thomas-watson/morality-shoots-short-of-heaven-it-is-only-nature-refined-a-moral-man/)

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## Thomas Watson by topic

[Christian (21)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian/thomas-watson/) [Christianity (19)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christianity/thomas-watson/) [Prayer (17)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/prayer/thomas-watson/) [Christian life (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christian-life/thomas-watson/) [Blessing (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/blessing/thomas-watson/) [Grace (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/grace/thomas-watson/) [Chastisement (13)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/chastisement/thomas-watson/) [Heart (12)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/heart/thomas-watson/) [Sin (11)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/sin/thomas-watson/) [Ifs (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/thomas-watson/) [Christ (10)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/christ/thomas-watson/)

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