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
“Cooking is like love. It should be entered into with abandon or not at all.”-Harriet Van Horne
I actually painted this on my kitchen wall. 🙂
My high school principal has said this quote at every graduation he’s presided over…I love it:
“Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn’t matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle… when the sun comes up, you’d better be running.”
I also love this page, it’s been a great place to come in the morning to get that extra boost in the morning (or whenever I need it)
“He has the most who is most content with the least.” ~ Diogenes, an ancient Greek philosopher
True joy is an addition to one that does not require subtraction from someone else.
From Nathan Bryce on twitter.
Some drink from the Fountain of Knowledge, others gargle.
Kissin don’t last, but good cookin do!
It is better to remain silent and appear a fool, than to speak and remove all doubt.
Don’t sweat the petty stuff and don’t pet the sweaty stuff.