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
“People will always tell you angrily, ‘It’s lonely at the top!” at which point you must respectfully learn to respong, ‘But it’s so much more crowded at the bottom.” ~Anonymous
I live by this quote. I repeat it over and over and over again to my teenage stepdaughter when she’s going through dramatic events. I say it to myself every time I’m frustrated in my classes at school or when I feel out of place somewhere.
“Never let what you cannot do, stop you from doing what you can do! “ – Stephen Pierce
“Not all of us can do great things. But we can do small things with great love.” – Mother Teresa
“The man is happiest who lives from day to day and asks no more, garnering the simple goodness of life.” – Euripides
“Everyone smiles in the same language.” – Author Unknown
“Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” – Marcel Proust
Oh, I am reminded of my Very-Best-Friend-in-all-the-world, Carol N. (aka “Lammie Pie” and dedicate this quote to her:
“A friend is someone who likes you in spite of your virtues.”
My all-time favorite quote:
God loves each of us as if there were only one of us. ~ St. Augustine ~