Quotes from P. T. Barnum

Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar genius, he cannot succeed. I am glad to believe that the majority of persons do find their right vocation.

Money is good for nothing unless you know the value of it by experience.

Money is in some respects like fire; it is a very excellent servant but a terrible master.

With the young man starting in business, let him understand the value of money by earning it.

In fact, as a general thing, money-getters are the benefactors of our race.

Money-getters are the benefactors of our race. To them ... are we indebted for our institutions of learning, and of art, our academies, colleges and churches.

Money is the excellent slave and a horrible master.

Instead of spending money, I earned it.

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.

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.

To me there is no picture so beautiful as smiling, bright-eyed, happy children; no music so sweet as their clear and ringing laughter.

The orthodox faith painted God as a revengeful being, and yet people talk about loving such a being.

We cannot all see alike, but we can all do good.

There is no class of people in the world, who have such good memories as creditors.

True economy consists in always making the income exceed the out-go. Wear the old clothes a little longer if necessary; dispense with the new pair of gloves; mend the old dress: live on plainer food if need be; so that, under all circumstances, unless some unforeseen accident occurs, there will be a margin in favor of the income.

Advertising is like learning - a little is a dangerous thing.

There is scarcely anything that drags a person down like debt.

The show business has all phases and grades of dignity, from the exhibition of a monkey to the exposition of that highest art in music or the drama which secures for the gifted artists a world-wide fame princes well might envy.

No man has a right to expect to succeed in life unless he understands his business, and nobody can understand his business thoroughly unless he learns it by personal application and experience.

Medicine is the means by which we poor feeble creatures try to keep from dying or aching.

Your success depends on what you do yourself, with your own means

The foundation of success in life is good health: that is the substratum fortune; it is also the basis of happiness. A person cannot accumulate a fortune very well when he is sick.

The possession of a perfect knowledge of your business is an absolute necessity in order to insure success.

Energy and patience in business are two indispensable elements of success.