Thomas J. Watson Quotes on Education (4 Quotes)

The greatest asset of a man, a business or a nation is faith. The men who built this country and those who made it prosper during its darkest days were men whose faith in its future was unshakable. Men of courage, they dared to go forward despite all hazards men of vision, they always looked forward, never backward. Christianity, the greatest institution humanity has ever known, was founded by twelve men, limited in education, limited in resources, but with an abundance of faith and divine leadership. The vision essential to clear thinking the common sense needed for wise decisions the courage of convictions based on facts not fancies and the constructive spirit of faith as opposed to the destructive forces of doubt will preserve our Christian ways of life.

We are willing to spend any reasonable amount of money on education in our organization, because we have a group of men and women in our business who are constantly seeking knowledge, knowing that is the way to make themselves more valuable to the company and, automatically, more valuable to themselves. We are working out a plan that is going to take in everybody in the organization. We are going to have post graduate schools for our men in the field, and post graduate schools for our executivesand many of them.

I believe in getting behind the individual and backing him up, helping him to strengthen himself, making him feel that there is someone endeavoring to help him, trying to be an assistant to him, and bringing out the best there is in himin other words, teaching him to teach himself, and in that way strengthen the entire organization.

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.