90 Quotes by P.T. Barnum

I never liked to work, I mean manual work.

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

Young men starting in life should avoid running into debt.

More persons, on the whole, are humbugged by believing in nothing, than by believing too much.

Every man’s occupation should be beneficial to his fellow-man as well as profitable to himself. All else is vanity and folly.

Be cautious and bold.

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.

No man ever went broke overestimating the ignorance of the American public.

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.