Children have an unerring instinct for knowing when they are being patronized. They go immediately on the defensive against head-patting adults who treat them like strange beings.
Art LinkletterPeople find gold in fields, veins, river beds, and pockets. Whichever, it takes work to get it out.
Art LinkletterI've learned it's always better to have a small percentage of a big success, than a hundred percent of nothing.
Art LinkletterDo a little more than you're paid to. Give a little more than you have to. Try a little harder than you want to. Aim a little higher than you think possible, and give a lot of thanks to God for health, family, and friends.
Art LinkletterA preacher was operated on for a hernia. As this was about the time of the first world war he was given ether. As he was coming out of the anesthetic a fire broke out in the building next door. As the flames began to show through the hospital windows the nurse pulled the shades down. She didn't want the preacher to think his operation had been a failure.
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