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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on Apr 10 2009. Filed under Misc.
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Judging a person does not define who they are.
It defines who you are.
DON’T PUT PEOPLE DOWN, UNLESS IT’S ON YOUR PRAYER LIST.
A Mama’s hug lasts long after she let’s go.
Today you are You, that is truer than true. There is no one alive who is Youer than You. -Dr. Seuss, author and illustrator (1904-1991
“Anyone who has never made a mistake, has never tried anything new.” quoted from Albert Einstein
“Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.” – Winston Churchill
what you are to be you are now becoming (over my School doorway )
“Remember well, and bear in mind, that faithfull friends, are hard to find.” -unknown
Each day comes bearing its own gifts.
Untie the ribbons.
—Ruth Ann Schabacker
“If you don’t see it will your eyes,
don’t say it with your mouth.
Gossip, is social sewage!”…unknown
That is one of the best I’ve ever read.
I work in a nursing home..gossip runs wild.
My best: ” Don’t let anyone live in your head rent free!.
“Sooner or later we all discover that the important moments in life are not the advertised ones, not the birthdays, the graduations, the weddings, not the great goals achieved. The real milestones are less prepossessing. They come to the door of memory unannounced, stray dogs that amble in, sniff around a bit and simply never leave. Our lives are measured by these.” – Susan B. Anthony
Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant. Robert Louis Stevenson
doing nothing is not the best way to us your free time–volunteer,–read to a sick child,–help an elderly neighbor– .It brightens their day as well as yours-and you will sleep better tonight-
Humans think they are smarter than dolphins because we build cars and buildings and start wars, etc., and all that dolphins do is swim in the water, eat fish and play around. Dolphins believe that they are smarter for exactly the same reasons.
Douglas Adams
Writer, Dramatist, Musician
(1952-2001)
“Always be a little kinder than necessary.”
James M. Barrie
“Doubt is a pain too lonely to know that faith is his twin brother.” – Khalil Gibran
“No day ever ends if it makes a memory.” – Jackie Erickson
Do unto others as you would like done unto you.
Smile God love you
Don;t worry about tomorrow; God’s already there.
What wings are to a bird, and sails to a ship, so is prayer to the soul.
Have a wonderful day Christy
Laugh when you can, apologize when you should, and let go of what you can’t change.
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The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
MLK
Don’t be afraid to try something new. Remember, the Ark was built by amateurs and the Titanic was built by professionals.
Christy
I loved your signs and it has given me some great ideas for my next kitchen redo.
I have a sign that hangs beside my front door it is the first thing everyone see, it says
If you come to see me then WELCOME
If you come to see my house. Call and
MAKE AN APPOINTMENT!!
A smile is a universal language.
I wondered why somebody didn’t do something.
Then I realized I am somebody.
fI have not been e-mailing for a whle and hope you did not cancel my e-mail…
i look forward to your mail summer as arrived in Massachusetts finally…
i am looking for a southern recipe for homemade breakfast sausages.
maybe someone in your family use to slaughter the pigs a nd make their own… much appreciated..
LIFE IS THE ART OF DRAWING
WITHOT AN ERASER
Laughter is brightest where food is best! ~Irish proverb
” A happy person is not a person in a
certain set of circumstances, but rather
a person with a certain set of attitudes.”
Hugh Downs
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“If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.” – Dag Hammarskjold
“I don’t know Who, or what, put the question, I don’t know when it was put. I don’t even remember answering. But at some moment I did answer Yes to Someone, or Something,and from that hour I was certain that existence is meaningful and that, therefore, my life, in self-surrender, had a goal.” – Dag Hammarskjold
This second Secretary General of the United Nations was an amazing man, I think. Kennedy called him the greatest statesman of the century.
“if I keep the green bough in my mouth, the singing bird will come.”
Anon – Native American
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The load is always lighter if you lift it with a smile.
This is my very own quote and it’s been my life quote since my teen years.
“Don’t count the days, make the days count.” -Muhammad Ali
I love your website! You are a wonderful cook and writer. My grandmother and mother were from North Carolina and I can hear them in your voice. Thanks you for making me smile (and hungry!)
Tammi from South Jersey
Forces beyond your control can take away everything you possess except one thing, your freedom to choose how you will respond to the situation. You cannot control what happens to you in life, but you can always control what you will feel and do about what happens to you. Viktor E. Frankl
There’s no such thing as a nobody, everyone touches someone’s life!
Author unknown.
Don’t let yesterday use up too much of today.
How long do i cook the apricots??
Sounds so gooood.
Thanks
Many of us Southerners have Irish heritage…in my case, my Mother’s parents were both full Irish (O’Dell and O’Dorough), making the green-eyed, red-haired lady I call “Mother” full Irish, too. Here is an old Irish blessing:
“May the road rise up softly to meet you,
May the wind ever blow at your back.
May the sun shine warm on your face,
And the rains fall gentle on your fields.
May the work of your days be not hard,
May you sleep with the peace of a babe.
God grant your true love to be with you,
And grant you long life free of dread.
May you be singing in Heaven an hour,
Before the Devil even knows you are dead.”
Things are more like they are right now than they have ever been before.
))
“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me… Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.” – Steve Jobs
“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.” – Cormac McCarthy
Giving your word is something you can give away and still keep.
“Well done is better than well said.” Benjamin Franklin
“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” Art Linkletter
“If you want the rainbow, you’ve got to put up with the rain.” Dolly Parton
Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow. Swedish Proverb