“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.”
"The little things we do - or fail to do - often testify louder than the loudest statements of our intentions."
“Follow the path of the unsafe, independent thinker. Expose your ideas to the dangers of controversy. Speak your mind and fear less the label of 'crackpot' than the stigma of conformity. And on issues that seem important to you, stand up and be counted at any cost. ”
“The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm.”
"Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure. You are thinking of failure as the enemy of success. But it isn't at all. You can be discouraged by failure or you can learn from it, So go ahead and make mistakes. Make all you can. Because remember that's where you will find success."
“Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use. ”
"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."
“Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.”
Wiki on Thomas Watson the son is here.
Wiki on Thomas Watson the father is here.
Wiki on IBM is here.
(Time Magazine cover is from March 28, 1955)
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Great quotes Quotemeister. E.
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