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
Every thing turns out all right in the end: if its not all right, then its not the end.
I borrowed this from Southern Bite blog. This time of year it just seems appropriate when we are thinking about what we are thankful for. This quote tells me that no matter where you live, with the right mind set we are all the epitamy(love five dollar words) of the best of the South.
“Growing up Southern is a privilege, really. It’s more than where you’re born, it’s an idea and state of mind that seems imparted at birth. It’s more than loving fried chicken, sweet tea, football,cold beer and country music. It’s being hospitable, devoted to front porches, magnolias, moon pies and coca-cola… and each other. We don’t become Southern- we’re born that way.”
“Just when the caterpillar thought the world was over….it became a butterfly!”
Two of my favorites:
It’s never too late to be what you might have been.
– George Eliot
“I’ve learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.”
-Maya Angelou
We tend to forget that happiness doesn’t come as a result of getting something we don’t have, but rather of recognizing and appreciating what we do have. ~Frederick Keonig
Never explain. Your friends won’t need it and your enemies won’t believe it!
iIT IS EASIER TO LEAVE ANGRY WORDS UNSPOKEN
THAN TO MEND A HEART THOSE WORDS
HAVE BROKEN