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
GOD IS EVERYWHERE
EVEN AT YOUR WITS END
ANON
Heres another one with good advice. Author unknown to me.
Watch your thoughts, they become your words
Watch your words, they become your actions
watch your actions, they become your habits
Watch your habits, they become your character
Watch your character, they become your destiny
Thank you Christy, here’s my penny. Thank you Julie McMurry, May God continue to bless you & yours. I too have a jewel of a husband, ( a prayer warrior) whose love & support I’ve enjoyed for 56 years.
Being a wife for 56 yrs, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, & breast cancer survivor, since 1996. This small poem has carried me through. I don’t know who to give credit to for it’s wisdom, but I thank them for its truth.
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“Trust Him when dark doubts assail thee. Trust Him when thy strength is small.
Trust Him when simply to trust Him, seems the hardest thing of all.”.
Amen
“Give what you have. To someone else it may be better than you dare to think.” —Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Grandma always said:
WASTE NOT-WANT NOT!
YOU CAN’T FLY WITH THE EAGLES IF YA HOOT WITH THE OWLS!
DON’T EAT THE YELLOW SNOW!
The best of all gifts around any Christmas tree: the presence of a happy family all wrapped up in each other. ~Burton Hillis
Here’s a nice thought for Christmas. It reminds us that it’s not the STUFF but the PEOPLE that are important.
Not from my hubby, but one that I love:
“God hasn’t promised us a spotlight to our future, but a light to our path.”