Such is the progress of him who divides his purpose.
Success is jealous of scattered energies.
No one can pursue a worthy object steadily and persistently with all the powers of his mind, and yet make his life a failure.

You can't throw a tallow candle through the side of a tent, but you can shoot it through an oak board.

Melt a charge of shot into a bullet, and it can be fired through the bodies of four men.

Focus the rays of the sun in winter, and you can kindle a fire with ease.
The giants of the race have been men of concentration, who have struck sledgehammer blows in one place until they have accomplished their purpose.

The successful men of to-day are men of one overmastering idea, one unwavering aim, men of single and intense purpose.
"Scatteration" is the curse of American business life.