P. T. Barnum Quotes - Page 2

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

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  Humorous, Littles, Advertising

  P. T. Barnum (2015). “The Art of Money Getting, or Golden Rules for Making Money”, p.45, Booklassic

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• When a man is in the right path, he must persevere.

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  Men, Path, Persevere

  P. T. Barnum (2013). “The Art of Money Getting + The Humbugs of the World (2 Unabridged Classics)”, p.19, e-artnow

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• You must exercise your caution in laying your plans, but be bold in carrying them out.

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  Exercise, Caution, Plans

  P. T. Barnum (1999). “Art of Money Getting”, p.48, Applewood Books

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• Money is the excellent slave and a horrible master.

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  Slave, Excellent, Masters

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• If I shoot at the sun, I may hit a star.

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  Stars, May, Sun

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• Whatever you do, do it ardently.

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• 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’.

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  Success, Business, Water

  P. T. Barnum (2006). “Art of Money Getting: Easyread Edition”, p.26, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Constant hammering on one nail will generally drive it home at last, so that it can be clinched. When a man's undivided attention is centered on one object, his mind will constantly be suggesting improvements of value, which would escape him if his brain was occupied by a dozen different subjects at once.

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  Home, Men, Brain

  P. T. Barnum (2007). “The Art of Money Getting: Golden Rules for Making Money”, p.32, Filiquarian Publishing, LLC.

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

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  Debt, Drag, Persons

  P. T. Barnum (2013). “The Art of Money Getting + The Humbugs of the World (2 Unabridged Classics)”, p.17, e-artnow

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• The best kind of charity is to help those who are willing to help themselves.

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  Charity, Helping, Kind

  P. T. Barnum (1999). “Art of Money Getting”, p.86, Applewood Books

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• Every crowd has a silver lining.

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  Business, Perspective, Crowds

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• Let your motto then always be 'Excelsior', for by living up to it there is no such word as fail.

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  Business, Failing, Motto

  P. T. Barnum (1999). “Art of Money Getting”, p.61, Applewood Books

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

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  Memories, Class, People

  P. T. Barnum (1999). “Art of Money Getting”, p.36, Applewood Books

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

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  Life, Dream, Mean

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

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  Money, Rainy Day, Wealth

  P. T. Barnum (1999). “Art of Money Getting”, p.53, Applewood Books

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

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  Beautiful, Sweet, Laughter

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

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  Order, Perfect, Possession

  P. T. Barnum (1999). “Art of Money Getting”, p.47, Applewood Books

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• Unless a man enters upon the vocation intended for him by nature, and best suited to his peculiar genius, he cannot succeed.

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  Men, Peculiar, Genius

  P. T. Barnum (1999). “Art of Money Getting”, p.29, Applewood Books

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• Those who really desire to attain an independence, have only set their minds upon it, and adopt the proper means, as they do in regard to any other object which they wish to accomplish, and the thing is easily done.

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  Mean, Independence, Mind

  P.T. Barnum, Mina Parker (2012). “The Art of Money Getting: Create the Life You Want, A Hampton Roads Collection”, p.7, Hampton Roads Publishing

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• Politeness and civility are the best capital ever invested in business.

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  Business, Civility, Patronage

  P.T. Barnum (2016). “The Art of Money Getting”, p.60, BookRix

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• Engage in one kind of business only, and stick to it faithfully until you succeed, or until you conclude to abandon it. A constant hammering on one nail will generally drive it home at last, so that it can be clinched.

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  Home, Nails, Lasts

  P. T. Barnum (2006). “Art of Money Getting: Easyread Edition”, p.27, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Never attempt to catch a whale with a minnow.

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  Whales, Publicity, Minnows

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

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  Two, Energy, Elements

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• There is no greater picture than that of 10,000 smiling children. No brighter music than their clear-ringing laughter. That I, with my small amusements, have created such precious art is my life's proudest achievement.

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  Art, Laughter, Children

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• 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.

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  Life Is Good, Sick, Foundation

  P. T. Barnum (2015). “The Art of Money Getting, or Golden Rules for Making Money”, p.7, Booklassic

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