If you want to achieve excellence, you can get there today. As of this second, quit doing less-than-excellent work.
Thomas J. Watson

Good design is good business.
Thomas J. Watson

A manager is an assistant to his men.
Thomas J. Watson

Wisdom is the power to put our time and our knowledge to the proper use.
Thomas J. Watson

Nothing so conclusively proves a man's ability to lead others as what he does from day to day to lead himself.
Thomas J. Watson

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.
Thomas J. Watson

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.
Thomas J. Watson

The way to succeed is to double your error rate.
Thomas J. Watson