A message regarding the annual convention of the Advertising Federation of America in NYC, June 14-18, 1931. Advertising has illuminated the path of progress.... In building up desire, advertising has spurred new endeavors. It is their creative work, their dynamic presentations of products, their ability to teach and educate which have made each of us desire better things. And in the fulfillment of our desires, we have reached for and attained higher pinnacles in living standards and a clearer conception of the values of life itself.
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We progress because we are willing to change.
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The man who does not take pride in his own performance performs nothing in which to take pride.
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Less than three weeks before his death, in one of Watsons last public statements about his company, he observed It's this family spiritcombined with vision and faiththat has been responsible, perhaps more than anything else, for IBM's success.
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Princeton Universtiy, October 13, 1928 There is no saturation point in education if you follow sound principles, and you must apply this motto to business.... You must acquire wisdom in addition to knowledge. Wisdom is the power which enables you to use your knowledge to advantage.
Thomas J. Watson
We must never feel satisfied.
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