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
Live like you are wearing your skinny jeans and dance like nobody is watching!
Quick!!!! Put your left hand over your right shoulder and your right hand over your left shoulder! That was a quick hug from me!!!! 🙂
Hi-
Please don’t think I’m crazy…but…I was just sitting here thinking about my grandmother (we called her gram), who was an awesome southern cook. She used to make the most incredible butter potatoes, but no one in the family had the recipe. I can’t tell you how many times in the last (can’t believe it’s been almost 30 years) few years I have thought about those potatoes-they were such a part of my childhood.
Anyway, I kid you not, I’m sitting here and I swear I heard my grandmother say look up southern stewed potatoes!! I just did, and found your recipe. It looks exactly like those she prepared!! I’m still in shock-I’m typing like crazy, and getting ready to call my cousin.
Thank you so very, very much!!
Anyway
Sandra, believe me, your comment makes more sense to me than you could ever know.
🙂
Hugs to you and your sweet grandmother, who is clearly still with you!
Thank YOU so very very much!
Gratefully,
Christy
What goes around comes around !
Your next action could change the world, so make it a good one.
Scars are just tatoos with better stories.
I haven’t failed. I’ve found 10,000 ways that won’t work.
Always be a first rate version of yourself, instead of a second rate version of somebody else.
Happiness is where you find it, seldom where you seek it.
No matter how many candles are on your cake, they don’t compare to how bright you make my world.
Volunteers are unpaid, not because they are worthless, but because they are priceless.
Learn to pause……or nothing worthwhile can catch up with you.
As we grow older, our bodies get shorter and our anecdotes longer.
Hope is the whisper in our sould that tells us all will be well.
Service is the rent we pay for living.
This is paraphrased from my favourite poet, William Butler Yeats, and goes like this…
“But think where man’s glory most begins and ends…and say that my glory was….that I had such friends”…
I just LOVE that quote….where would we be in this life without our friends????
Love this site Christie, it makes my day!! Great recipes, great words, great everything! Thank you for this…Sincerely, a fan from Canada, Debbe
Patience with others is Love
Patience with self is Hope
Patience with God is Faith. Adel Bastravos
To handle yourself ,use your head
To handle others use,your heart. Donald Laird