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
“Growing old isn’t for sissies!”
By a dear friend deceased.
Dee Lock
Christy, you were easily my first thought when I read this – Be the Kind of Woman That When Your Feet Hit the Floor Each Morning, the Devil Say “Oh Heck, She’s Up……..
You just make me feel good each day…….
I just love this quote! I live daily to be just that type of woman! 😉
From Mary Boykin Chestnutt’s Civil War Diary:
“All I ever wanted was a Virginia farm and no end of fresh cream, butter and fried chicken. Not one fried chicken or two, –but unlimited fried chicken”
ROBERT E. LEE
Robert E. Lee was a great Christian Southern Gentleman & I whole-heartedly agree with him…..to be at peace, live in the South, & have PLENTY of fried chicken….. what else could you want?
No matter how short you cut a rope, it always has 2 ends. – Cleveland Sorie
My Papa used to say this and as I have grown up, I understand more and more what he meant. Whether you agree with another point of view or not, there is always another way to look at things.
So many problems are just opportunities you didn’t know you wanted. Keep going, you’ll make it to the other side and you may well be better off then you were before. Namaste.
When my mom would be cooking, she would have everything out on the table and would say,
It is better to have it and not need it, than to need it and not have it.
“Imagine what our real neighborhoods would be like if each of us offered, as a matter of course, just one kind word to another person. There have been so many stories about the lack of courtesy, the impatience of today’s world, road rage and even restaurant rage. Sometimes, all it takes is one kind word to nourish another person. Think of the ripple effect that can be created when we nourish someone. One kind empathetic word has a wonderful way of turning into many.” – Fred Rogers