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
“The best way to cheer yourself is to try to cheer somebody else up.” ~Mark Twain
Inspiration from my maternal grandmother: “Can’t never did anything.”
Wise lady. 😀
sounds exactly like my Mother… many times over she would say to the children, “Can’t NEVER could and Won’t NEVER would!” Wise ladies!!! How true.
“Existentialism is great, until you know the answers.” Humans are curious by nature, but sometimes, the sheer wonder and magic of the Universe IS the answer. It is what dreams are made of.
That light at the end of the tunnel, may be you.
“If you see someone without a smile, give them one of your’s”
Forgot one! This one is from Colleen, my special needs daughter:
“Momma. I could be sad today, but I’ve decided not to be. I’ll just smile and make myself be happy. I can do that you know. All I have to do is decide it.”
My three favorite quotes:
The first from Mother Teresa: “I know God will not give me anything I can’t handle. I just wish that He didn’t trust me so much.”
The second from a 92 year old fella at our church: “I’ll never be old because middle age is always 10 years older than me.”
and the third from Winston Churchill: “We make a living by what we get. We make a life by what we give.”