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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What is Christmas? It is tenderness for the past, courage for the present, hope for the future. It is a fervent wish that every cup may overflow with blessings rich and eternal, and that every path may lead to peace. ~Agnes M. Pahro
Linda Anders is living her life to be the kind of woman that when she
wakes up in the morning and her feet hit the floor, the devil shudders
and says “Oh Crap….She’s up”
Don’t mess with anger, because it is like a poison… I drink the poison, hoping that it will kill another person – but the only person it kills is me! ~ a wise (young) priest in a homily… I’ve never forgotten it!
Christy, in these busy, hectic days running up to Christmas I think of a quote from the TV show “Touched By an Angel”. The angel Monica said, “Dear God, thank you for this really tough, stress-filled day. Because without it I wouldn’t have had a day at all.” Merry Christmas to you and yours. Luv ya! Phyllis
What a wonderfule quote Phyllis! Merry Christmas!!
Christy, will purple-hull peas work for New Years
Blessed are those who can give without remembering, and take without forgetting.
-Elizabeth Bibesco
LOVE this!
I did too, Christy. Here’s another one:
The trouble with using experience as a guide is that the final exam often comes first and then the lesson.
-Unknown
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If you don’t want anyone to know, don’t do it.
Chinese Proverb
It’s better to aim for the Stars and miss, than to aim for the Ditch and hit it.
Unknown
I LOVE this!!
Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance – each beautiful, unique and too soon gone. ~Deborah Whipp
And the Grinch, with his Grinch-feet ice cold in the snow, stood puzzling and puzzling, how could it be so? It came without ribbons. It came without packages, boxes or bags. And he puzzled and puzzled ’till his puzzler was sore. Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn’t before. What if Christmas, he thought, doesn’t come from a store. What if Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more. ~Dr Seuss
I love Dr. Seuss, lessons you can carry your whole life.
[...] Submitted by Donna. Submit your quote or read more by clicking here. [...]
[...] Thank you so much, Susan Crane, for submitting this quote. To submit a quote or see others, please click here. [...]
“Knowing your deepest intention can be your guiding force in the creation of a better life.” — Oprah
You need to take your picture off of this site! No one here appreciates it and I have reported it to Christy! You have alot of nerve placing an inappropriate picture on this site. People like you disgust me! Christy Jordan is a fine upstanding person and how dare you place your flith here. It’s a good thing I can’t get to you because I am mighty afraid you’d be on the receiving end of a country style butt whoopin”.
If you can’t be a good example, then you’ll just have to serve as a horrible warning. – Catherine Aird
The best things in life aren’t “things”.
I just had to add to this amazing quote already posted.
God gifted us with a capacity to love and to gift His love to others. Some, just don’t like that….. So let us all just be ….
“Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor in the morning the devil says “Oh crap, she’s up again”
You’ll trip over what’s in front of you if you’re always looking at what’s behind you.
My favorite:
Live Well Laugh Often Love Much
Life gives us Memories, so that we will have Roses in December….unknown
My favorite quote!
Oops!! I misquoted it – it’s:
God gave us memories – sothat we’d have Roses in December!
Sorry ’bout that!
“Let us be silent that we may hear the whisper of God.”–Ralph Waldo Emerson
another one I like…
“We do not draw people to Christ by loudly discrediting what they believe…but by showing them a light that is so lovely that they want with all their hearts to know the source of it.” Madeleine L’Engel
“The new year is a time to boldly take the first steps toward
your best future.” — Oprah
Be the change you want to see in others.
If you don’t see light at the end of the tunnel,
March down there and turn it on yourself!
AMEN!!!
“May all the new folks you meet be interesting and kind. ”
Anonymous – from a list of 2011 New Year wishes
Audrey Hepburn’s “Beauty Tips”: For attractive lips, speak words of kindness. For lovely eyes, seek out the good in people. For a slim figure, share your food with the hungry. For beautiful hair, let a child run his/her fingers through it once a day. For poise, walk with the knowledge that you never walk alone. People, even more than things, have to be restored, renewed, revived, reclaimed, and redeemed; never throw out anyone. Remember, if you need a helping hand, you will find one at the end of each of your arms. As you grow older, you will discover that you have two hands, one for helping yourself, and the other for helping others.
I thought this was beautiful! They read this at her funeral.
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I love the Mama’s Chicken Stew, I have made it several times, I have tried many, many of your recipes and haven’t found ANY of them that I don’t love. Keep them coming. Love ya, Audrey
Thank you so much Audrey!! I have lots more in the planning. Stay tuned.
[...] Submitted by Southern Plate reader, Barb. Submit your quote here! [...]
Character is who you are when no one else is looking.
1. Happiness is a place between too much and too little.
2. As we strive to give our children the things we never had, let’s not forget to give them the wonderful things we had!!
Unfortunately, I don’t recall where I read either one of these.
My English Lit teacher at Sheffield High always had a quote on the board. 45 years later I still remember one-
You would not worry so much about what people think-if you knew how little they did.
I’ve been an “educarer” for 27 years working as both a teacher and school counselor at the elementary level. My mantra comes from a calendar page I saw years and years ago. There was no credit given, so I guess credit goes to the calendar provider: Walter Drake Catalog! Anyway, I just love this: Excellence is not a skill. It’s an attitude.
A smile is the light in the window of your face that tells people you’re at home. ~Author Unknown
Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other but in looking outward together in the same direction.
- Saint-Exupery
This is one of my all-time-favorite quotes. If you haven’t read Dorothea Benton Frank, you don’t know what you are missing! Christy, you are a delight. Love, Love, Love your cookbook!!!
“True Southerners were pickled from birth in our ancestral marinades of charm and grace.”
-Dorothea Benton Frank, Isle of Palms
[...] Special thanks to Valerie Cuff for sharing this one. To submit your quote, please click here. [...]
Always be kinder than necessary for you never know what kind of battle someone else is fighting.”
“God is not committed to our comfort. He is committed to our character.” ~ MarySoutherland
“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: “What! You too? I thought I was the only one.” –C.S. Lewis
Found this in the Feb. issue of Guideposts and it caught my eye because I have enjoyed feeding French fries to birds and squirrels on occasion…”Today I will be happier than a bird with a French frye” It was originally found on a sign in a frame shop in Boston.
I think this one is so cute!!
[...] Submitted by Debbie Strum, who saw it in the December issue of Guideposts. Submit your quote by clicking here. [...]
~A Good friend is like a good bra supportive, never leaves you hanging and always close to your heart~ A friend of mine gave me this love it!
“You may not be responsible for your name, but you are responsible for what men think when they call your name.” Zingers by Croft M. Pentz
Worry is a down payment on a problem that probably won’t happen. Saw this on a sign – don’t know the author. I find this is true, most of the time the things we worry about never happen. Cathy
Say what you mean and act how you feel,
because those who matter don’t mind,
and those who mind don’t matter.
~ Dr Seuss ~
Isn’t that a wonderful thing to teach your children…YAY for Dr. Seuss!
If your all wrapped up in yourself…your overdressed.
“Smile and give your face a holiday” was my Mom’s favorite saying.
“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over, it turned into a butterfly.”
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