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
My favorite is probably my favorite because it was written on a little porcelain butterfly that held small items like a ring or necklace chain that my mother gave to me when I was very young – it read, “Happiness, like a butterfly, lights on you when you least expect it”
Don’t be too open minded-your brains might fall out.
I always know God won’t give me more than I can handle, but I sometimes wish He ddin’t trust me quite so much.
My idea of a balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian anymore than standing in a garage makes you a car.
It does not do to dwell on dreams and forget to live.
A word to the wise is not necessary-it’s the stupid ones who need it.
Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.
From a church sign: Aspire to inspire before you expire.
“Keep away from the people who belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great ones make you feel that you, too, can become great.” – Mark Twain
Well in case you don’t have enough quotes . . . – rolls eyes –
My cute Philosophy teacher at UAH said
“be careful what you think because you will say it,
be careful what you say because you will do it,
be careful what you do because you will become it.”
My next favorite quote is:
“It is our choices . . . that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities”
spoken by the character Prof. Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J.K. Rowling
Love it!
Kamilla
Make your words sweet, for tomorrow you might have to eat them!
“I have been driven many times upon my knees by the overwhelming conviction that I had nowhere else to go. My own wisdom, and that of all about me, seemed insufficient for the day.” Abraham Lincoln
William Osler – We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from life.
William Penn – Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.
Honesty is the first chapter in the book of Wisdom. – Thomas Jefferson
To get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with. – Mark Twain
In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure. – Bill Cosby
When people keep telling you that you can’t do a thing, you kind of like to try it. – Margaret Chase Smith, 1964
Luck means the hardships and privations which you have not hesitated to endure, the long nights you have devoted to work. Luck means the appointments you have never failed to keep; the trains you have never failed to catch. – Max O’Rell
My parents always told me that people will never know how long it takes you to do something. They will only know how well it is done.
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Rene Descartes – “It is not enough to have a good mind; the main thing is to use it well.”
Walt Disney – “It’s kind of fun to do the impossible.”
We should not feel embarrassed by our difficulties, only by our failure to grow anything beautiful from them.
—Alain de Botton
It’s not a matter of whether or not someone’s watching over you. It’s just a question of their intentions.
Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive, 03-24-07
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Norman Ford – “Never try to tell everything you know. It may take too short a time.”
Anais Nin – “Dreams are necessary to life.”