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 from 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

Scroll down to the comments section below to leave your quotes or read others. As of 2019, nearly 3000 quotes have been submitted so far!. 

2,575 Comments

  1. My favorite…

    Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, wine in the other, totally worn out and screaming “WOO HOO what a ride!”

  2. This quote keeps me on track and helps me make daily decisions:

    “A chief cause of worry and unhappiness comes from trading what we want most in life, for what we want at the moment.”

  3. Here are some quotes I have grown up with:

    Smile! Today is the first day of the rest of your life.

    What goes around, comes around.

    The early bird gets the worm.

    Nothing is impossible with God.

    I don’t know the authors of some of these but we have always said them growing up.

    Cin

  4. “Life is too short to eat cheap chocolate or drink cheap beer.”
    –Tina Jordan

    You can see where my priorities are!

  5. From my so very wise grandmother:

    “Don’t borrow troubles, life is tough enough.” Dorotha Lou Grubb

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