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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Heard this from a guest speaker in church yesterday:
“It’s okay to look out for #1 as long as you remember it’s not you.”
oooh! GOOD ONE PAM!
I’ve posted this here before, but it’s worth repeating:
“You alone are enough. You have nothing to prove to anyone.”
~ Maya Angelou
“If you don’t like something, change it. If you can’t change it, change your attitude. Don’t complain.”
-Maya Angelou
”If you love something, let it go. If it comes back to you, it’s probably hungry.”
Not sure who originally said this, but it’s funny.
“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.”-H.G. Wells
“The greatest discovery of any generation is that a human can alter his life by altering his attitude.” – William James
My new favorite: Life is better than good.
Unless we were born in a manger…our judgement of others means nothing.
“I can’t be expected to eat questionable foods!” – my husband, in response to me making Christy’s crock pot pork roast for supper one night. Bless his heart. (or bless mine?)
“If you’re alone, I’ll be your shadow. If you want to cry, I’ll be your shoulder. If you want a hug, I’ll be your pillow. If you need to be happy, I’ll be your smile. But anytime you need a friend, I’ll just be me.” Author Unknown
“The most important work you will ever do will be done within the walls of your own home.” ~ Harold B. Lee
Today is the tomorrow we worried about yesterday.
” Contentment is not the fulfillment of what you want, but the realization of how much you already have.” Anonymous
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One kind word can change someone’s entire day! *Anonymous
My cooking buddy showed up a little later than usual on Easter and dinner was fully underway. She looked at me and said “well I got here just in time, now I can put some LOVE in that food and everyone will want to eat it!” ~Abby Grace
Abby always says “gotta put some love in that cooking so people will want to eat it!”
I love this one! “Good work ain’t cheap and cheap work ain’t good!”. Ain’t that the truth!
“Whether you think you can or think you can’t …you’re right.”. Henry Ford
“Manners are a sensitive awareness of the feelings of others. If you have that awareness, you have good manners, no matter what fork you use.” Emily Post
Kindness is the language that the deaf can hear and the blind can see.
-Mark Twain
Cleaning and scrubbing can wait till tomorrow, for children grow up we’ve learned to our sorrow. So quiet down cobwebs, dust go to sleep, I’m rocking my baby, and babies don’t keep. Unknown
Willful waste makes woeful want.
My Grandma, a sweet, kind, loving woman!
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“If Mom can’t find it, no one can.”
“Good Mom’s have sticky floors, dirty ovens, and happy kids.”
And my personal favorite:
“Insanity does not run in my family. It strolls through, takes it’s time, and gets to know everyone personally.”
“You have a masterpiece inside you, you know. One unlike any that has ever been created, or ever will be. If you go to your grave without painting your masterpiece, it will not get painted. No one else can paint it. Only you.” – Gordon MacKenzie
“gauge your words carefully when speaking especially when mad…you might say something you didn’t mean to say, but you meant what you said and you can’t fix that.” My Nanna, Sylvia
We were passing thru Richburg, SC a long time ago and we were at this restaurant called The Front Porch. This elderly gentleman told us “Don’t be in a hurry, their not gonna move on you!” I use that all the time when people are in a rush..
Glad I met that man that day..
“He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot loose.” Jim Elliot
“Wherever you are, be all there.” Jim Elliot
“God has forgiven you. Learn to forgive yourself!” Phil Kidd
Some of my greatest blessings call me Grandma.
Got this on a card in the mail today. Thought you’d enjoy it.
“Motherhood. It’s not rocket science. It’s brain surgery on astronauts during a lunar launch while reciting the Declaration of Independence backwards — only with less logic.”
What do all the different color blocks signify in the upper right hand corner?
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Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
Abe Lincoln
“Your present circumstances don’t determine where you can go; they merely determine where you start.” – Nido Qubein
“In everyone’s life, at sometime, our inner fire goes out. It is then burst into flame by an encounter with another human being. We should all be thankful for those people who rekindle the inner spirit.” – Dr. Albert Schweitzer
“A warm smile is the universal language of kindness.”
William Arthur Ward
“Everything you want is on the other side of fear.” – Jack Canfield
No act of kindness, no matter how small, is ever wasted.
Aesop, The Lion and the Mouse
Greek slave & fable author (620 BC – 560 BC)
“If you let GOD drive, you’ll have alot less wrecks.” – Jeff Adkins
A song isn’t a song until you ring it,
A bell isn’t a bell until you ring it,
The love in your heart wasn’t put there to stay
For love isn’t love ’till you give it away! … Unknown
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“No one has ever become poor by giving.” Anne Frank
Love looks through a telescope; envy, through a microscope.
unknown
“Don’t aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it will come naturally.” – David Frost
“I can give it my best, and that’s the best I can do.” Unknown
you don’t demand respect–you earn it.
My favorite quote: Don’t worry about tomorrow, God’s already there.
“Life isn’t about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.” – George Bernard Shaw
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