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 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
I like this one…and I’ve had it on my myspace page for a while…trying to make a point to my teenagers…
It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for something you are not. ~Andre Gide
I love quotes and get most of mine from http://www.quotegarden.com
These quotes are great!!! What a great idea for a post Christy!
Right on, Kimberli!
A few of my favorites….
I love to see a young girl go out and grab the world by the lapels. Life’s a bitch. You’ve got to go out and kick ass.”
~Maya Angelou
Do what you feel in your heart to be right – for you’ll be criticized anyway.
~Eleanor Roosevelt
I’ve learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends on our dispositions and not on our circumstances.
~Martha Washington
Always do what you are afraid to do.
~Ralph Waldo Emerson
Another one that my Granny gave me when I was pregnant with my one and only child. “Baby, be sure you raise him so that everyone can and will love him, not just you.”
I try to keep that in mind when I want nothing more than to buy him the moon and the stars, I wonder, after I give this to him, will everyone else be able to love him or will he be too spoiled rotten??
Where there is no faith in the future, there is no power in the present. Unknown
When Nothing is for Sure, Anything is Possible
Attitudes are contagious. Is yours worth catching?
The secret of getting ahead is getting started. –Mark Twain