Give A Penny, Get A Penny

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

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 mother used to always say—“Things work out”. She was right. Now when things are uncertain or in a mess, our comment is “Remember what that’s famous woman said– “Things will work out”.

  2. Imperturbability – an inner peace which doesn’t leave when circumstances change the result of a peace which passes understanding.

    Found this many years ago and still have the paper that I wrote it down on.

  3. You give but little when you give of your possessions. It is when you give of yourself that you truly give.

    What wisdom can you find that is greater than kindness?
    ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau

  4. “What we do for ourselves dies with us. What we do for others and the world remains and is immortal.” -Albert Pine

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