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

Scroll down to the comments section below to leave your quotes or read others. As of 2019, nearly 3000 quotes have been submitted so far!. 

2,580 Comments

  1. “Our greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” – Confucius

  2. “Giving is so often thought of in terms of the things we give, but our greatest giving is of our time, and kindness, and even comfort for those who need it. We look on these gifts as unimportant – until we need them.” – Joyce Sequichie Hifler

  3. “Among the things you can give and still keep are your word, a smile, and a grateful heart.” Zig Zigler

  4. Christy I’m the person that requested the butter roll recipe a few days ago. Yours is just like the way I remembe my grandmother making them. A true northern Alabama, recipe. Thank you very much.

    Charity I don’t use sugar when I bake, I use honey instead I really think you’d
    like it. If you do try it please let me know what you think.

  5. What you get out of life, is measured by what your willing to put in
    it.
    Author Thomas Edison

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