In fact, as a general thing, money-getters are the benefactors of our race. P. T. Barnum More Quotes by P. T. Barnum More Quotes From P. T. Barnum Instead of spending money, I earned it. P. T. Barnum spending-money spending Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business. Large stores, gilt signs, flaming advertisements, will all prove unavailing if you or your employees treat your patrons abruptly. The truth is, the more kind and liberal a man is, the more generous will be the patronage bestowed upon him. P. T. Barnum truth-is kind men A penny here, and a dollar there, placed at interest, goes on accumulating, and in this way the desired result is attained. P. T. Barnum rainy-day dollars goes-on No profession, trade, or calling, is overcrowded in the upper story. P. T. Barnum trade calling stories Advertising is like learning - a little is a dangerous thing. If a man has not the pluck to keep on advertising, all the money he has already spent is lost. P. T. Barnum advertising littles men I never liked to work, I mean manual work. P. T. Barnum manual-work manuals mean I don't care what the newspapers say about me as long as they spell my name right. P. T. Barnum care names long Small does of advertising result in nothing, obviously. It's like giving a sick person half the medicine he needs. It just causes more suffering. Give the whole dose, and the cure will be certain and decisive. P. T. Barnum medicine sick giving Advertising is to a genuine article what manure is to land, - it largely increases the product. P. T. Barnum advertising increase land A salary was not sufficient for me. P. T. Barnum salary sufficient As a general thing, I have not 'duped the world' nor attempted to do so... I have generally given people the worth of their money twice told. P. T. Barnum given people world Men, women, and children who cannot live on gravity alone need something to satisfy their gayer, lighter moods and hours, and he who ministers to this want is, in my opinion, in a business established by the Creator of our nature. If he worthily fulfills his mission and amuses without corrupting, he need never feel that he has lived in vain. P. T. Barnum men children needs Science is the pursuit of pure truth, and the systematizing of it. P. T. Barnum pursuit pure Medicine is the means by which we poor feeble creatures try to keep from dying or aching. P. T. Barnum medicine dying mean Many persons are always kept poor, because they are too visionary. Every project looks to them like certain successes, and therefore they keep changing from one business to another, always in hot water, always ‘under the harrow’. P. T. Barnum business success water The plan of "counting the chickens before they are hatched" is an error of ancient date, but it does not seem to improve by age. P. T. Barnum errors age doe I am prouder of my title 'The Children's Friend' than if I were to be called 'The King of the World'. P. T. Barnum titles kings children I am indebted to the press of the United States for almost every dollar which I possess. P. T. Barnum dollars united-states america Witchcraft is one of the most baseless, absurd, disgusting and silly of all the humbugs. P. T. Barnum witchcraft absurd silly In the United States, where we have more land than people, it is not at all difficult for persons in good health to make money. P. T. Barnum united-states land people