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 found this on a single serving bag of sugar in a restaurant and it has echoed thru my head many times.
NEVER EXPLAIN – YOUR FRIENDS DON’T NEED IT AND YOUR ENEMIES WON’T BELIEVE YOU ANYWAY.
“Things are only impossible until they’re not.” Jean-Luc Picard
“What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain anwsers.” Martina Horner
“A diamond is a chunk of coal that made good under pressure.” Author Unknown
“Anxiety does not empty tomorrow of its sorrows but only empties today of it’s strength.” Charles Spurgeon
“Your attitude determines whether a ‘failure’ creates a learning opportunity, temporarily slows you down, or stops you altogether.”
Eric Allenbaugh
Pretty darned good.
“Idle hands are the devil’s workshop”.
“When you bury the hatchet, be sure not to leave the handle sticking out.” Anon
“Our inner happiness depends not on what we experience but on the degree of gratitude to God, whatever the experience.” – Albert Schweitzer
“When we long for a life with no difficulties, remind us that oaks grow strong in contrary winds, and diamonds are made under pressure.” – Peter Marshall
AMEN. Especially to the first one.
My own personal motto:
If you cain’t dazzle them with brilliance
Baffle ’em with bullsh*t!!
I really live on Baffle Lane and have a “Dazzle Court” sign at the end of my drive…teehee
I am trying to figure that motto into being the epitaph on my headstone…
Isn’t that what everybody, except me, does?
The rewards for a good deed is to have done it.
Footprints on the sands of time are not made by sitting down.
Trust is the most valuable thing you’ll ever earn.
Nothing is constant but change.
You never really lose until you quit trying.
If you give Satan an inch, he’ll be a ruler.
In life and in love, there are no impossibilites.