Don't waste your time with faucets or mining.
Good advice. If you don't want to spend any money try sell some stuff for bitcoins or offer some services on the marketplace here.
Take as much cash as you can spare right now and buy bitcoin. Then just sit on it and wait for the price to go up. 
Good advice. If you don't want to spend any money try sell some stuff for bitcoins or offer some services on the marketplace here.