Give A Penny, Get A Penny

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

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!. 

2,575 Comments

  1. We should believe that when you treat people as they are, they will remain as they are, but when you treat them as they could be, they become what they should be!!!

    “The happiest people don’t have the best of everything, they just make the best of everthing they have”.

  2. How can you say there are too many children? That is like saying there are too many flowers.

    Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta

  3. A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his
    opportunities – and an optimist is one who makes
    opportunities of his difficulties.
    ~Harry Truman

  4. I do not know who this belongs to, but I came across it years ago and it has always made me smile. Hope everyone enjoys!!

    I wish I was a glowworm, cuz a glowworm’s never glum. How could you be gloomy when a light shines out your bum.

  5. “Make the most of today. Get interested in something. Shake yourself awake. Develop a hobby. Let the winds of enthusiasm sweep through you. Live today with gusto.”~Dale Carnegie

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