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
“It’s not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.” – Mother Teresa
“Happiness is a skill. It requires effort and time.” – Andrew Weil
“The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.” – Thomas Moore
“Real girls aren’t perfect. Perfect girls aren’t real.”
~Unknown
Treat everyone with politeness, even those who are rude to you – not because they are nice, but because you are. ~Author Unknown
“We do not stop playing because we grow old, we grow old because we stop playing.”
~Unknown
“I’d much rather be a woman than a man. Women can cry, they can wear cute clothes, and they are the first to be rescued off of sinking ships.”
-Gilda Radner
“When the world pushes you to your knees, you’re in the perfect position to pray.”
~Unknown
“Comparison is the thief of joy.”
~Theodore Roosevelt
“Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind.”
~Dr. Seuss
“Today is the oldest you’ve ever been and the youngest you’ll ever be again.”
~Unknown
“There are many things in life that will catch your eye, but only a few will catch your heart . . . pursue those.”
~Unknown
“There’s only one God, ma’am.”
~Captain America!
“Fashions fade, style is eternal.”
~Yves Saint Laurent
“In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.”
Thomas Jefferson
“Have you prayed about it as much as you’ve talked about it?”
~Unknown
“Taking joy in living is a woman’s best cosmetic.”
Rosalind Russell
“Cheerfulness and contentment are great beautifiers, and are famous preservers of good looks.”
Charles Dickens
WOOHOO!!! A whole treasury of new quotes!!!!!!
“People are often unreasonable and self-centered. Forgive them anyway.
If you are kind, people may accuse you of ulterior motives. Be kind anyway.
If you are honest, people may cheat you. Be honest anyway.
If you find happiness, people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
The good you do today may be forgotten tomorrow. Do good anyway.
…Give the world the best you have and it may never be enough. Give your best anyway.
For you see, in the end, it is between you and God. It was never between you and them anyway.”
― Mother Teresa
“If you are lazy, and accept your lot, you may live in it. If you are willing to work, you can write your name anywhere you choose.” – Gene Stratton-Porter
Mother Marie J. Geissinger–Who doesn’t listen-has to feel.