13 quotes
"Don’t make friends who you are comfortable with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up."
- Thomas J. Watson
Motivation
"If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work."
- Thomas J. Watson
Hard Work
"If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today."
- Thomas J. Watson
Success
"To be successful, you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart."
- Thomas J. Watson
Belief in Self
"To be successful you have to have your heart in your business and your business in your heart."
- Thomas J. Watson
Belief in Self
"Don’t make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up."
- Thomas J. Watson
Ambition
"Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really: Double your rate of failure."
- Thomas J. Watson
Failure
"The way to succeed is to double your failure rate."
- Thomas J. Watson
Failure
"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."
- Thomas J. Watson
Failure
"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."
- Thomas J. Watson
Learning from Mistakes
"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."
- Thomas J. Watson
Learning from Mistakes
"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 – on the far side of failure."
- Thomas J. Watson
Learning from Mistakes
"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."
- Thomas J. Watson
Learning from Mistakes