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
“Things turn out best for the people who make the best of the way things turn out.” Art Linkletter
“Well done is better than well said.” Benjamin Franklin
Giving your word is something you can give away and still keep.
“You never know what worse luck your bad luck has saved you from.” – Cormac McCarthy
“Being the richest man in the cemetery doesn’t matter to me… Going to bed at night saying we’ve done something wonderful… that’s what matters to me.” – Steve Jobs
Things are more like they are right now than they have ever been before. :-)))
Many of us Southerners have Irish heritage…in my case, my Mother’s parents were both full Irish (O’Dell and O’Dorough), making the green-eyed, red-haired lady I call “Mother” full Irish, too. Here is an old Irish blessing:
“May the road rise up softly to meet you,
May the wind ever blow at your back.
May the sun shine warm on your face,
And the rains fall gentle on your fields.
May the work of your days be not hard,
May you sleep with the peace of a babe.
God grant your true love to be with you,
And grant you long life free of dread.
May you be singing in Heaven an hour,
Before the Devil even knows you are dead.”