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
God listens to more than your words, He listens to your heart.
Walk with God and He will walk with you. He loves you- you know.
If you sow seeds of wickedness, sin’s harvest you will reap. But
scattered seeds of righteousness, yield’s blessings you can keep.
AMEN.
“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without”
-Boyd K. Packer
My life’s motto:
“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, martini in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming “WOO HOO! What a ride!”
I’ve learned…. That the best classroom in the world is at the feet of an elderly person
One useful thought:
When my children would say they were “bored”, I would tell them:
” Intelligent people are never bored.”
This gave them something to ponder (such as, “I bet she will find something
useful for me to do.”… Maybe some chore or work to be done.
thanks for all the wonderful quotes……
Today you are you, that is truer than true, there is no one alive who is youer than you! Dr. Suess
Shoot for the moon, even if you miss you will land amoung the stars!
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” – Maya Angelou
You go, “girl.” You go.
I remember seeing this one on the final tv show “Thirty Something” as a quote left up on the screen at the very end: “Life if full of possibilities, not probabilities”.
As a teenager I had a poster with a sea gull flying and the quote ” I can because I think I can” and that has carried with me.
A great aunt that had been through alot, even poisoning by her stepdaugter but had a gentle spirit and always looked up in life. She knew I was having a rough time adjusting to a new school and told me to always remember ” You have to be a friend to have a friend”.
An 8th grade teacher in class told us “If you never have the first drink you never will be an alcoholic” well I may not have followed those words but they were strong enough to stick with me to this day.
The last I can think to share that I received from my Mom the last few weeks before she died was for me to remember “that in life you just need to try to be happy.” If we all just lived by that life could be so much simpler than trying to live up to other people’s goal or ideas. Happiness is a choice.