Thomas J. Watson

“If you want to increase your success rate, double your failure rate.”

“I’m no genius, but I’m smart in spots, and I stay around those spots.”

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“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.”

“All the problems of the world could be settled easily if men were only willing to think. The trouble is that men very often resort to all sorts of devices in order not to think, because thinking is such hard work.”

“Whenever an individual or a business decides that success has been attained, progress stops.”

“If you aren't playing well, the game isn't as much fun. When that happens I tell myself just to go out and play as I did when I was a kid.”

“Good design is good business.”

“Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all... good design must primarily serve people.”

“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'll find success - on the far side of failure.”

“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.”

“Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.”

“The toughest thing about the power of trust is that it's very difficult to build and very easy to destroy. The essence of trust building is to emphasize the similarities between you and the customer.”

“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.”