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 heart hands
Prayer delights God's ear; it melts His heart; and opens His hand. God cannot deny a praying soul.
prayer arrows grace
Prayer as it comes from the saint is weak and languid; but when the arrow of a saint's prayer is put into the bow of Christ's intercession it pierces the throne of grace.
christian heart blessing
The torments of hell abide for ever.... If all the earth and sea were sand, and every thousandth year a bird should come, and take away one grain of this sand, it would be a long time ere that vast heap of sand were emptied; yet, if after all that time the damned may come out of hell, there were some hope; but this word EVER breaks the heart.
wings grace sorrow
Affliction may be lasting, but it is not everlasting. Affliction was a sting, but withal a wing: sorrow shall soon fly away.
gone sin pleasure
The pleasure of sin is soon gone, but the sting remains.
spiritual prayer heart
A spiritual prayer is a humble prayer. Prayer is the asking of an alms, which requires humility... The lower the heart descends, the higher the prayer ascends.
ignorance men wicked
If a wicked man seems to have peace at death, it is not from the knowledge of his happiness, but from the ignorance of his danger.
eye feet obedience
Knowledge is the eye that must direct the foot of obedience.
anxiety contentment care
It is our work to cast care, and it is God's work to take care.
spiritual morning prayer
Make up your spiritual accounts daily; see how matters stand between God and your souls (Psalm 77:6). Often reckonings keep God and conscience friends. Do with your hearts as you do with your watches, wind them up every morning by prayer, and at night examine whether your hearts have gone true all that day, whether the wheels of your affections have moved swiftly toward heaven.
father devil wages
Sin has the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages.
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.
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.
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.