 | Robert Kemp Philp - 432 pages
...of ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age. Do not scatter your powers. — Engage in one kind of business only, and stick to it faithfully...it A constant hammering on one nail will generally drire it home at last, so that it can be clinched. When a man's undivided attention is centered on... | |
 | Congregational union of England and Wales - 1852 - 698 pages
...to improve by age. «. Do not scatter ¡/our powers. Engage in one kind of business only, and etiek to it faithfully until you succeed, or until you conclude...can be clinched. When a man's undivided attention is centered on one object, his mind will continually be suggesting improvements of value, which would... | |
 | Money - 1853 - 168 pages
...ancient date, but it does not seem to improve ,by age. 6th. Do not scatter your powers, — Engage in one kind of business only, and stick to it faithfully...can be clinched. When a man's undivided attention is centered on one object, his mind will continually be suggesting improvements of value, which would... | |
 | Edwin Troxell FREEDLY - Business - 1853 - 370 pages
...ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age. 6th. Do not scatter your powers. — Engage in one kind of business only, and stick to it faithfully...nail will generally drive it home at last, so that it cannot be clinched. When a man's undivided attention is centered on one object, his mind will continually... | |
 | Phineas Taylor Barnum - 1855 - 426 pages
...error of ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age. 6. Do not scatter your powers. Engage in one kind of business only, and stick to it faithfully...attention is centred on one object, his mind will constantly be suggesting improvements of value, which would escape him if his brain were occupied by... | |
 | Phineas Taylor Barnum - Circus owners - 1855 - 396 pages
...error of ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age. 6. Do not scatter your powers. Engage in one kind of business only, and stick to it faithfully...attention is centred on one object, his mind will constantly be suggesting improvements of value, which would escape him if his brain were occupied by... | |
 | Phineas Taylor Barnum - Businessmen - 1855 - 180 pages
...error of ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age. 0. Do not scatter your powers. Engage in one kind of business only, and stick to it faithfully...man's undivided attention is centred on one object, llis mind will constantly be suggesting improvements of value, which would escape him if his brain... | |
 | Phineas Taylor Barnum - 1855 - 168 pages
...error of ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age. 6. Do not scatter your powers. Engage in one kind of business only, and stick to it faithfully...hammering on one nail will generally drive it home at lost, so that it can be clinched. When a man's undivided attention is centred on one object, his mind... | |
 | Phineas Taylor Barnum - 1855 - 184 pages
...only, and stiek to it faithfully until you sueeeed, or until you eonelnde to abandon it. A eonstant hammering on one nail, will generally drive it home at last, so that it ean be elinehed. When a man's undivided attention is eentred on one objeet, his mind »ill eonstantly... | |
 | George Stillman Hillard - Readers (Elementary) - 1858 - 348 pages
...error of ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age. Do not scatter your powers. Engage in one kind of business only, and stick to it faithfully...improvements of value, which would escape him if his thoughts were occupied by a dozen different subjects at once. Many a fortune has slipped through men's... | |
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counting the chickens before they are hatched" is an error of ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age. 
