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
“Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small
jobs.” – Henry Ford
QUOTES FROM MY BELOVED MOM WHOM I MISS DEARLY HEARING THESE FROM; BECAUSE I’M THE MOM AND I SAID SO! BETTERED HUSH UP THAT CRYING OR I’LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING TO CRY ABOUT! GET OUT ON THAT HILL SIDE AND GET ME A SWITCH SO I CAN WHIP YOUR TAIL! AND NO I WAS NOT ABUSED ON THE CONTRARY I WAS VERY WELL LOVED AND TAUGHT RESPECT FOR GOD, MY PARENTS, OTHERS AND OUR COUNTRY. I PROBABLY DIDN’T GET NEAR AS MANY SPANKINGS AS I DESERVED. I HAD WONDERFUL PARENTS WE WERE NOT RICH BUT MILLIONAIRES IN THE LOVE WE RECEIVED.
Don’t ask God to guide your footsteps if you are not willing to move your feet!
The first to apologize is the bravest. The first to forgive is the strongest. The first to forget is the happiest.
“One of life’s best coping mechanisms is to know the difference between an inconvenience and a problem. If you break your neck, if you have nothing to eat, if your house is on fire—then you’ve got a problem. Everything else is an inconvenience. Life is inconvenient. Life is lumpy. A lump in the oatmeal, a lump in the throat and a lump in the breast are not the same kind of lump. One needs to learn the difference.” (This quote is from author and minister Robert Fulghum.)
To forgive is to set a prisoner free and discover that the prisoner was you .–Lewis Smedes–
You were given this life because you are strong enough to live it.