Give A Penny, Get A Penny
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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Life isn’t about waiting for the storm to pass. It’s about learning how to dance in the rain. Author unknown
We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle
A good deed is like peeing in your pants. Everyone knows you did it, but only you can feel its warmth. Author unknown
That first line is exactly what I needed to hear today! Thank you so much for posting this! And thank you, Christy, for starting this!
I never heard that quote before. I love it.
“We are at our very best, and we are happiest, when we are fully engaged in work we enjoy on the journey toward the goal we’ve established for ourselves. It gives meaning to our time off and comfort to our sleep. It makes everything else in life so wonderful, so worthwhile.” —Earl Nightingale
“Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out if they’ve got a second. Give your dreams all you’ve got and you’ll be amazed at the energy that comes out of you.” —William James
“Aspire to inspire before you expire”. unknown
Until one has loved an animal, part of their soul remains unawakened.”
JOYOUS FORT LAUDERDALE, FL
I live my life and teach my kids the old Practice Makes Perfect.
Grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, the courage to change the things I can and wisdom to know the difference
I’m not sure the author, but i love this one
My plaque states the author as…. Rheinhold Niebuhr.
Many use it as a 12 step program motivational saying, and I have always thought it was a great saying.
Everything happens for a reason good or bad. Only God knows which.
Put your troubles in a box, sit on the lid and smile.
Jean
Goo one!
A few of my faves:
“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.”– Eleanor Roosevelt
“Each moment of light and dark is a miracle.”– Walt Whitman
“It’s always something!”– Gilda Radner
“Losing doesn’t make me want to quit. It makes me want to try that much harder.”– Paul “Bear” Bryant
It’s all going to be OK in the end. And if it’s not OK, it’s not the end.
I especially love this one. Thank you for sharing, Linda! It just about made my day!
This is a great one! thank you!
LIFE IS WHAT’S HAPPENING, WHILE YOU’RE MAKING OTHER PLANS.
As my grandpa always taught me:
“To be early is to be on time. To be on time is to be late.”
Another one ~~~
The only difference between stumbling blocks and steppingstones is the way in which we use them. —Anonymous
And Another ~~~
“Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.”
– Helen Keller
LIFE IS GOD’S GIFT TO YOU…..
WHAT YOU DO WITH YOUR LIFE IS YOUR GIFT TO GOD.
Oh Rae, this is sooo true! Thanks for this quote.
Barb
Instead of thinking about what you are missing, try thinking about what you have that everyone else is missing.
Be more concerned about your character than your reputation because your character is who you are and your reputation is just what others THINK of you.
At all costs get perfect moments stuck between your teeth. Jewel
Change your thoughts and you change your world.
Norman Vincent Peale
My niece Amber, who is graduating from college in a couple of months has always lived by her personal motto:
“Shoot for the moon! Even if you miss, you will land among the stars.” Author unknown
Sometimes I stumble, that’s when He carries me.
“Toot your own horn too much and you won’t get it tooted”
-Heard it at church years ago.
“To laugh often, to win the affection of children to find the best in others to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded!” Attributed to Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Finish each 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.”
– Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Have the courage to say no. Have the courage to face the truth. Do the right thing because it is right. These are the magic keys to living your life with integrity.”
– W. Clement Stone
I wish you enough sun to keep your attitude bright no matter how gray the day may appear.
I wish you enough rain to appreciate the sun even more.
I wish you enough happiness to keep your spirit alive & everlasting.
I wish you enough pain so that even the smallest of joys in life may appear bigger.
I wish you enough gain to satisfy your wanting.
I wish you enough loss to appreciate all that you possess.
I wish you enough hellos to get you through the final good-bye.
– Author unknown
If God brings you to it he will bring you through it. Unknown
This one is made of only two letter words so not complicated but true: If it is to be it is up to me. Unknown
It is nice to be important but more important to be nice. Unknown
A man has to live with himself so he should see to it that he is in good company. Unknown
We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are. Unknown
Don’t try to discover someone who fits your fantasy-discover who your fantasy is going to be. Unknown
I am sorry I don’t know the origins so thye can be credited.
Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, for tomorrow will worry about itself. Each day had enough trouble of it’s own. – Matthew 6:34
Jennifer, This is one of my most favorite Bible Verses.
Happiness is a journey-not a destination.
I love this one too….
Never let yesterday fill up today!!
Unknown
“May the light always find you on a dreary day.
When you need to be home, may you find your way.
May you always have courage to take a chance
And never find frogs in your underpants.”
I believe it is an Irish toast, one of my favorites.
Elizabeth that is so dern cute. I adore it. Thank you. P.S. I have Irish in me but never heard that one.
Never let anyone’s opinion of you be your goal. They may not like you. TD Jakes.
All the world needs is love, so smile, you are so love.
Whatever is going to happen is going to happen when it happens,
regardless of what happens.
My favorite –
We may not have it all together, but together we have it all
Author Unknown
You and I, at every moment of our lives, possess the knowledge to change the quality of our lives!
If everyone would remember The Golden Rule, this world would be heaven on Earth! I tell my kids to ALWAYS think about what they are doing before they do it, and think about someone doing the same thing back to them. Would they like it? Would it make them feel good? Kindness is so easy to give, but so often under-used!
I am soooooooooooooooo loving this!!! This is the most amazing post because each comment is a special treat!!!
Here is one I always tell my kids and I know my subscribers have heard it over and over!
“Each day when you wake up you have a choice. You can have a good day or you can have a bad day. So you might as well have a good one”
~Christy the crazed southern cook
From my friend, Pam, on Facebook:
Each day we are confronted by people who harass us or by challenges that will be either stumbling blocks or stepping stones depending on our response to them.
Quote by Cheri Fuller
Of all the music that reached farthest
into Heaven, it is the beating of a
loving heart.
Love is not a matter of counting the years;
it’s making the years count.
I love all of the sayings, and quotes, that I have read.
Thanks to everyone for joining in.
Here a just a few of my favorite quotes.
When you dance, your purpose is not to get to a certain place on the floor. It’s to enjoy each step along the way.
Wayne Dyer
That heroes are the people who do what has to be done when it needs to be done, regardless of the consequences. Unknown
Seed Thoughts
The mind is a garden
Where seed thoughts grow.
The thoughts that we think
Are the seeds that we sow.
We must watch what we think
The livelong day.
And pull out the weed thoughts
And throw them away.
And plant loving thoughts
So thick in a row.
There will be no room
For weed thoughts to grow.
Ada Schlabach
Joan
Lovely-touches on my gardening spirit!
Not really a “positive” I guess but it makes me smile:
Well behaved women rarely make history~Laurel Thatcher Ulrich
And also:
Like all of us in this storm between birth and death, I can wreak no great changes on the world, only small changes for the better, I hope, in the lives of those I love.~Dean Koontz
Every morning you are handed 24 golden hours. They are one of the few things in this world that you get free of charge. If you had all the money in the world, you couldn’t buy an extra hour. What will you do with this priceless treasure?
Author Unknown
Thought for the Day
It’s our conscience, not our mattress that has the most to do with
our sleep.~ author unknown
Walk in Peace, Be Happy, And have a wonderful Journey throughout your Life.
A simple quote that means a lot to me right now…
Before I shaped you in the womb,
I knew all about you.
Before you saw the light of day,
I had holy plans for you…
Jeremiah 1:5
Good Karla!
“If you need a friend, be one”.
“People Matter”
“God First, Others Second, Me Third”
-Authors Unknown
Do Unto Others as you would have them do unto you
Live each day as if it were your last
I always liked, “If mama aint happy, aint nobody happy”. That was kind of a nudge to keep things happy around the house. Plus, it’s so true.
Here are several of my favorites:
The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.
e.e. cummings
“I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there’s purpose and worth to each and every life.”
Ronald Reagan
Stop worrying about the potholes in the road and celebrate the journey!! – Barbara Hoffman
and one to express how I feel about diet food…
The only time to eat diet food is while you’re waiting for the steak to cook. —Julia Child
hey everyone! I have too many favorites to post JUST one but I will give you my favorite site of finding them, finding unique quotes is one of my favorite pasttimes on the computer, I use them as away messages and status’s on my facebook page. Enjoy my favorite site! This is it:
http://www.aphids.com/quotes/
God put me on earth to accomplish a certain number of things. Right now I am so far behind, I may never die.
“A day dawns, quite like other days; in it, a single hour comes, quite like other hours; but in that day and in that hour the chance of a lifetime faces us.”
Life may not always be the party we hoped for but while we are here we might as well dance .
Sorry, I don’t know who wrote/said these.
The first one about being behind had me in stitches!!! It’s SOOOOO MY LIFE!!!!
Don’t loose what you want for what you want right now. Phil Martelli Basketball coach St. Joseph’s University
Necessity is the best motivator.
I am a quote junkie. I wish I had my quote journal with me, and I could give you lots. Maybe later! For now…
“Other people’s opinion of you does not have to become your reality.” ~ Les Brown
“Go with the flow… expectations lead to misery & depression… just let life happen. Grasp opportunity when it comes along, pay your bills, say please & thank you, laugh a lot, and be happy!” ~ unknown
“Everyone should participate in some type of activity that requires boots.” ~ Juanita Markham (me)
“I don’t at all like knowing what people say of me behind my back. It makes me far too conceited.”
—Oscar Wilde
“Our childhood is what we spend the rest of our lives overcoming.”
—Amy Bennett
“The reason grandchildren and grandparents get along so well is because they have a common enemy.”
—Unknown
“The truth is that parents are not really interested in justice. They just want quiet.”
—Bill Cosby
“You’ve reached middle age when all you exercise is caution.”
—Unknown
“My opinions may have changed, but not the fact that I am right.”
—Ashleigh Brilliant
“Being a woman is a terribly difficult trade since it consists principally of dealing with men.”
—Joseph Conrad
“Tolerance is a great trait to contain, but so is the ability to shut up.”
—Unknown
“Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don’t turn up at all.”
—Sam Ewing
“My friend, if I could give you one thing in life, it would be the ability to see yourself as others see you, then you would realize what a truly special person you are.”
—B.A. Billingsly
“Live like there is no tomorrow, and live tomorrow like there was no yesterday.”
—Lindsay Matheus
“There are always flowers for those who want to see them”: ~Henri Matisse
For the Quotes below, Author Unknown:
‘Be kinder than necessary because everyone you meet is fighting some kind of battle.’
A sharp tongue can cut your own throat.
If you want your dreams to come true, you mustn’t oversleep.
Of all the things you wear, your expression is the most important.
The heaviest thing you can carry is a grudge.
One thing you can give and still keep…is your word.
You lie the loudest when you lie to yourself.
If you lack the courage to start, you have already finished.
One thing you can’t recycle is wasted time.
Ideas won’t work unless ‘you’ do.
Your mind is like a parachute…it functions only when open.
The pursuit of happiness is the chase of a lifetime! It is never too late to become what you might have been.
“Joy is very contagious, try therefore, to be always overflowing with joy, wherever you go” -Mother Theresa
“Remember who you are.” -The Chase Murals in Venice, Ca
AvgBetty I had to use this on my emails-one of my favorites!!!!
Never be bullied into silence.
Never allow yourself to be made a victim.
Accept no one’s definition of your life, define yourself
~Harvey Fierstein
All that we are is the result of what we have thought. The mind is everything. What we think we become -Buddha
Mom’s should play poker.
They can tell when you’re bluffing, plus, they already know how to deal. -anon
If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good,…if I am at peace with myself, it has been a sucessful day….Alex Noble
All of us are born for a reason, but all of us don’t discover why.Sucess in life has nothing to do with what you gain in life or axxomplish for yourself. It’s what you do for others….Danny Thomas
I wish we could put some of the Christmas Spirit in jars and open a jar of it every month….Harlan Miller