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Give A Penny, Get A Penny

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Give A Penny, Get A Penny

Most gas stations in the South have little change dishes by the register. If you’re paying for a transaction and need an extra penny or two, you simply take one from the dish. People then reciprocate this good turn by dropping a few coins in the dish from time to time, thereby creating a community bank of sorts, based on goodwill.

So in that spirit, this is Southern Plate’s “Give A Penny, Get A Penny” page.” I dearly love positive quotes and am always scouring the web for more so I thought this would be a great place to compile all of those. I’ll post mine, you post yours, and we can all “Give A Penny” when we have one and come back to “Get A Penny” when we need one.

I’ll also draw on these quotes to include at the bottom of my posts and emails that I send out to Southern Plate readers and be sure to credit the person who provided it, so include a link to your blog if you have one.

I would consider it a personal favor if you’d take the time to share a quote of motivation or positivity in the comments section below. Quote yourself, your Mama, someone famous, or our best friend “Anonymous”, it doesn’t matter, long as you drop your penny and then come back on one of those days when you feel like you might need one yourself.

Gratefully,
Christy

Some of my favorite quotes to start us off

“Pretend you’re a star and poke a hole in someone’s darkness”

“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.”
~Abraham Lincoln

“Squeeze every bit of love you can out of life, and life will HUG you back like never before” ~Ticha from Facebook

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2,028 Comments for “Give A Penny, Get A Penny”

  1. I always told my kids, “What someone does to you says something about their character, what you do back says something about yours.” Recently I updated it to say “Your character is not judged by your target, it’s judged by your ammo!”

  2. Robin P

    It always seems impossible until its done.
    ~Nelson Mandela

  3. Jenny

    “There are always scary things happening in the world. There are always wonderful things happening. And it’s up to you to decide how you’re going to approach the world…how you’re going to live in it, and what you’re going to do.” – Deborah Wiles

  4. Jenny

    “A little Consideration, a little Thought for Others, makes all the difference.” – A.A. Milne

  5. Norma Rowe

    “God walks with us… He scoops us up in his arms or simply sits with us in silent strength until we cannot avoid recognition that yes, even now He is here” Gloria Gather

  6. Jackie

    “The old adage ‘Never put off until tomorrow what you can do today’ is doubly important when it comes to expressing our love and affection—in word and in deed—to family members and friends. Said author Harriet Beecher Stowe, ‘The bitterest tears shed over graves are for words left unsaid and deeds left undone.’” Thomas S. Monson

  7. Lolo

    There’s nothing wrong with the world that a grilled cheese sandwich and tomato soup can’t help.

    It’s not what’s on the plates that matters it’s what’s on the chairs.

    Both by Susan branch

  8. Naomi

    The best face lift is a smile!

  9. Carol

    “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, and today is a gift; that’s why they call it the present.” Eleanor Roosevelt

  10. If a door slams shut it means that God is pointing to an open door further on down. -Anna Delaney Peale-

  11. marian

    “Everyone wants to live on top of the mountain, but all the happiness and growth occurs while you are climbing it”

    Author Unknown

  12. Bonny

    “A pessimist sees only the dark side of the clouds, and mopes; a philosopher sees both sides, and shrugs; an optimist doesn’t see the clouds at all — he’s walking on them.” — Leonard Louis Levinson

  13. judy mochon

    if the whole world were blind, who would you impress?

  14. Cindy Kalaba

    My son served in the Marines, his favorite saying then and now remains the same.
    Poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on my part.

    This applies to so much in life. I don’t know who said this, but I would like thank them

  15. mummsie

    Told my sons this as they were becomming young men

    “Life is like a coloring book. If you don’t like the picture, turn the page!!”
    author – Me

  16. Jenny

    “Do your little bit of good where you are; it’s those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.” – Desmond Tutu

  17. Debbie Strum

    “God whispers to us in our pleasures, speaks to us in our conscience, but shouts to us in our pains. It is His megaphone to rouse a deaf world.” ~ C. S. Lewis

  18. Harriet Shamblin

    Shoot for the Moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars!

    Sorry – not sure who said this.

  19. Steph

    A smile is te light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside……unknown

  20. Charlotte Saltzman

    Here’s what you need to keep in mind. You no longer have yesterday. You do not yet have tomorrow. You have only today. This is the day the Lord has made.
    –Max Lucado

  21. Robin P

    I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.
    ~ Maya Angelou

    I love this!!

  22. Chris A.

    Life is like a camera. Just focus on what’s important and capture the good times, develop from the negatives and if things don’t work out, just take another shot. (Unknown)

  23. Naomi

    The door to the human heart can be opened only from the inside.

  24. Cindy S.

    I’ve learned:

    -That people will forget what you said
    -People will forget what you did
    -But people will never forget how you made them feel.

    Unknown

  25. Tamela in Central Florida

    “Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
    ~Winston Churchill

  26. Tamela in Central Florida

    “Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
    “This day is all that is good and fair. It is too dear with its hopes and invitations to waste a moment on the yesterdays.”

  27. Carole

    The best gift a father can give his children is to love their mother.

  28. “When you no longer care about the insignificant you can focus all your energy on the essential.” Amy Jones

  29. Jenny

    “We don’t always succeed in what we try – certainly not by the world’s standards – but I think you’ll find it’s the willingness to keep trying that matters most.” – Fred Rogers

  30. Jan

    What if you woke up today with only the things you thanked God for yesterday?

  31. Panda J

    My grandmother used to say “A woman should be like velvet steel…soft when she can be, but strong when she has to be.” I’ve tried to live by that motto my whole life, and I hope I’ve made her proud.

  32. Grateful1

    “If you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right!”
    -Henry Ford

  33. Angela Lewis

    “Life is short, but there is always time for courtesy.”
    Ralph Waldo Emerson

  34. Tara

    Happiness is not getting what you want, it’s wanting what you’ve got . – Garth Brooks

  35. Trevor Worthen

    Your Ego is not you Amigo!

    Nikki Sixx~

  36. Trevor Worthen

    Your Ego is not your Amigo!

    Nikki Sixx~

  37. Robin Cannady

    The only people with whom you should try to get even are those who have helped you.
    Attributed to John E. Southard

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