Thomas Watson Quotes

Christ went more willingly to the cross than we do to the throne of grace.

God sweetens outward pain with inward peace.

Eternity to the godly is a day that has no sunset; eternity to the wicked is a night that has no sunrise.

A weak faith can lay hold on a strong Christ.

Knowledge without repentance will be but a torch to light men to hell.

Sin has the devil for its father, shame for its companion, and death for its wages.

The angel fetched Peter out of prison, but it was prayer that fetched the angel.

Till sin be bitter, Christ will not be sweet.

How many souls have been blown into hell with the wind of popular applause?

A man's greatest care should be for that place where he lives longest; therefore eternity should be his scope.

This crown of free will is fallen from our head" and "If it be God's purpose that saves then it is not free will.

Affliction may be lasting, but it is not everlasting.

First we practice sin, then defend it, then boast of it.

Would you like me to give you a formula for success? It's quite simple, really. Double your rate of failure.

Always remember that your personality is your big asset. Do not try to emulate another person. Real personality comes from the heart.

Don't make friends who are comfortable to be with. Make friends who will force you to lever yourself up.

A spiritual prayer is a humble prayer. Prayer is the asking of an alms, which requires humility... The lower the heart descends, the higher the prayer ascends.

Repentance is a grace of God's Spirit whereby a sinner is inwardly humbled and visibly reformed.

How soon are we broken on the soft pillow of ease! Adam in paradise was overcome, when Job on the dunghill was a conqueror.

The pleasure of sin is soon gone, but the sting remains.

Prayer delights God's ear; it melts His heart; and opens His hand. God cannot deny a praying soul.

Great design will not sell an inferior product, but it will enable a great product to achieve its maximum potential.

If a wicked man seems to have peace at death, it is not from the knowledge of his happiness, but from the ignorance of his danger.

Let us then ascribe the whole work of grace to the pleasure of God's Will. God did not choose us because we were worthy, but by choosing us He makes us worthy.

It is our work to cast care, and it is God's work to take care.

Our murmuring is the devil's music.

If you don't genuinely like your customers, chances are they won't buy.

None of us can hope to get anywhere without character, moral courage and the spiritual strength to accept responsibility.

Better have men reproach you for being good, than have God damn you for being wicked. Be not laughed out of your religion. If a lame man laugh at you for walking upright, will you therefore limp?

Praising God is one of the highest and purest acts of religion. In prayer we act like men; in praise we act like angels.

The only sacred cow is an organisation should be its basic philosophy of doing business.

Prayer as it comes from the saint is weak and languid; but when the arrow of a saint's prayer is put into the bow of Christ's intercession it pierces the throne of grace.

Within us all there are wells of thought and dynamos of energy which are not suspected until emergencies arise.

The future of this business is far beyond the vision of any of us.

Whoever brings an affliction, it is God who sends it.

The Ediles among the Romans had their doors always standing open, that all who had petitions might have free access to them. The door of heaven is always open for the prayers of God's people.

The right manner of growth is to grow less in one's own eyes.

Knowledge is the eye which must direct the foot of obedience.

The prayer that is faithless is fruitless.

Those prayers God likes best which come seething hot from the heart.

The more we enjoy of God, the more we are ravished with delight.

Though we as Christians are like Christ, having the first fruits of the spirit, yet we are unlike him, having the remainders of the flesh.

It is hard to carry a full cup without spilling, and a full estate without sinning.

Prayer is the soul's breathing itself into the bosom of its heavenly Father.

Put First Things First! These four words cover an entire philosophy which can be applied with profit by every business leader, by every executive and by every employee.

Affliction may be lasting, but it is not everlasting. Affliction was a sting, but withal a wing: sorrow shall soon fly away.

We spend our years with sighing; it is a valleyof tears; but death is the funeral of all our sorrows.

There is more evil in a drop of sin than in a sea of affliction.

Are there not millions of us who would rather go sleeping to hell; than sweating to heaven?

What if we have more of the rough file, if we have less rust! Afflictions carry away nothing but the dross of sin.