Give A Penny, Get A Penny
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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
My grandmother used to say “A woman should be like velvet steel…soft when she can be, but strong when she has to be.” I’ve tried to live by that motto my whole life, and I hope I’ve made her proud.
What if you woke up today with only the things you thanked God for yesterday?
“We don’t always succeed in what we try – certainly not by the world’s standards – but I think you’ll find it’s the willingness to keep trying that matters most.” – Fred Rogers
“When you no longer care about the insignificant you can focus all your energy on the essential.” Amy Jones
The best gift a father can give his children is to love their mother.
“Finish every day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day; begin it well and serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”
“This day is all that is good and fair. It is too dear with its hopes and invitations to waste a moment on the yesterdays.”
“Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.”
~Winston Churchill